Options dialog

 

Defaults settings - Units
Measurement units	Unit used for size of objects.
Thickness units	Unit used for thickness of lines in objects.
Font size units	Unit used for font size.

 

Defaults settings - Persistence
Save application configuration with document	Saves the application configuration, i.e settings of the application. For example if the document is zoomed to 200% when you save, it is zoomed to 200% when opened. Note: This requires that it is specified that application configuration is loaded from document. See Saving and loading application configuration with a document.
Load application configuration from document	Load the application configuration, (i.e settings of the application the user who saved the document had set it). See Saving and loading application configuration with a document.
Save thumbnail	A thumbnail showing the first page of the document is saved with the document. This thumbnail is visible when browsing for the document and Thumbnails is selected in the Open StoryTeller file dialog Views menu.
Compress saved files	Saved files are in compressed SSD format.
Keep current Message with design for verification	When saving a StoryTeller Process, specify to save the current Message definition available in the StoryTeller Process together with the Process itself. You will then have the opportunity to verify any changes in the Message when opening the Process next time, by selecting Tools > Verify Message.
Save current Message into SSD file	When saving a StoryTeller Process as a SSD file, specify to save the current Message definition available in the StoryTeller Process together with the SSD file.
Load Message from SSD file	If StoryTeller tool was opened stand-alone, e.g. from the resource set, specify to load the Message when opening an SSD file. Note: The Message must have been stored with the SSD file you want to open.
Check released version on save	When saving a Document, StoryTeller checks if the SSD file was created with an earlier release of StoryTeller tool, and asks if you want to overwrite the file. Note: You can not open the file again using an earlier release of StoryTeller tool if you overwrite.
Map relative paths to	The directory that relative paths specified on resource properties are mapped to, for example image URIs. Default is the StoryTeller application directory where the application executable resides. When working stand-alone, you can select a document directory where the SSD files are stored. When changing the relative path here, only documents loaded after the change are affected.

 

Defaults settings - Text
Default font	The font to use in the document if nothing else is specified.
Font replacing missing fonts	The font to use in the document in design-time if the specified font is not installed in your computer. The style and size settings that are specified for the missing font are applied to the replacing font. This means you should use a font that has full capabilities. For example, for italic and bold characters.
Use hyphenation	Specifies if hyphenation according to the TALO library should be used for text objects and stories added to a document
Default language	The language to use for new text objects and stories added to a document.
Overflow story not fully formatted	Select the default setting for Stories when they are not fully formatted during runtime: Error – StoryTeller return an error and writes it into the log. The job fails. Warning – StoryTeller returns a warning and writes it into to log. The job succeeds. Ignore – The formatting errors are ignored.
Other content not fully formatted	The corresponding for Overflow story not fully formatted setting above but for Text areas.

 

Defaults settings - Paragraph
Default horizontal alignment	Align left – Text is aligned to the left by default. Center – Text is centered by default. Align right – Text is aligned to the right by default. Justify – Text is justified by default.
Default text direction	Left - to - Right – Text is written from left to right. Right - to - Left – Text is written from right to left.
BiDi and Shaping	Enables bidirectional text within the same paragraph and shaping of Arabic glyphs. Note: Using Simple or Complex BiDi and Shaping can affect formatting speed. None – Default Simple – Arabic languages Complex – Indic and Arabic languages
Keep lines together	None – No text rows in paragraph are by default kept together at overflow Widows/Orphans – If the last text row in a paragraph would overflow to next Story frame, or if the first text row would be left in previous Story frame, the paragraph is instead kept together by default. All – Paragraphs are by default kept together entirely within one Story frame.
Line breaking mode - Row stretch	The default distance a row can stretch before a line break. If left out the default value is 72 pts. It can be useful to reduce this value if you e.g. want to enforce hyphenation to occur more often.
Break positions	Default – Text line breaking positions are defined by properties and sequence of individual Unicode characters. This is the preferred option for non-CJK languages. ICU – Text line breaking positions are defined using the ICU library. This option renders a better result for CJK characters, but may be slower.

 

Defaults settings - Page
Size	The paper size. For custom size you can specify the width and height.
Width	The width of new pages. You can change the page width for a specific page in the Properties panel Layout group.
Height	The height of new pages. You can change the page height for a specific page in the Properties panel Layout group.

 

Defaults settings - Colors
Drawing	The default color for new objects added to the document, including the graphic part of charts. Note: The default color does not apply to barcodes.
Texts	The default color for new texts added to the document, including text in charts.
Use CMYK100 as default	Specify to use CMYK values in the 0-100 range instead of 0-255 by default.

 

 

 

Defaults settings - Interactive
Data template default names
Plain input node	The default name for plain input nodes in the Data template tree.
Group input node	The default name for group input nodes in the Data template tree.
Choice node	The default name for choice nodes in the Data template tree.
Default layout objects
Plain input type	The default interactive object type for plain input node.
Group input type	The default interactive object type for group input node.
Choice input type	The default interactive object type for choice input node.
Default number of radio buttons in a group	The default number of choices when adding a radio button object type.
Paste data template together with interactive elements	When copying from the clipboard, select to by default paste the data from the Data template together with the layout object.
Browse for data node when creating interactive node from menu	When adding an interactive layout object, this allows you to select which Data template node that the layout object links to.

 

 

Defaults settings - Data transformation
Data mode for new designs	Use transformation – Use Data template for formatting of new Documents. Use Message – Use standard Message data.
Automatically transform message	Select to automatically transform Message data into a Data template for formatting of new Documents.

 

Debug settings
Trace level	The level of displayed information, warnings, and errors. 0-3 – Only errors are communicated. 4-5 – Errors and warnings are communicated. 6-7 – Errors, warnings, and information are communicated. 8-9 – Debug mode.
Exceptions	The actions that exceptions occur for.

 

 

Preview settings
Platform	The name of the platform to use in the Design Center Project.
Input connector	The name of the input connector used in the platform specified above.
Sample input data file	The sample file to use for the preview. Note: You can browse the resource set by clicking Resources in the browse dialog.
Additional server arguments	Any additional arguments for the StreamServer. For example: • To use special paths to font or function files for the preview. • To pass command line settings, such as -debug, to the server. • To pass initialized variables to the server, e.g. -var "variable=value"
StreamServer	The executable used for running your StreamServer applications, by default <StreamServe installation> \Platform\Core\<version>\bin\bootloader.exe.

 

Processing simulation settings
Language	The language to use when displaying substitution data during design.
Language translation table	The language translation table to use when displaying substitution data during design. For more information, seeTranslations.
Font substitutions table	The font substitution table to use when displaying text during design. You can browse to a font substitution table.For more information, see Font handling.
Use alternative barcodes	See Processing Properties dialog.
Export alternative barcodes usage	See Processing Properties dialog.

 

Visualization settings
Display object properties on tooltips	Select the objects that you want to provide a tooltip for, with object properties. Figure 71 Substitution tooltip
Highlight objects	Select the objects that you want to highlight. Figure 72 Highlighted repeater
Display object boundaries	Select to display the scope of Repeaters and/or Switches within a text flow. To see the boundary, you must place the text cursor within the Repeater/Switch. Note: Not available for a repeated table row. Figure 73 "Oranges" is sample data for a repeated field. The arrows indicate the boundaries of the Repeater.
Substitutions color	Click to open the Color dialog, where you can select the color for highlighted substitutions.
Translations color	Click to open the Color dialog, where you can select the color for highlighted language translation substitutions.
Repeaters color	Click to open the Color dialog, where you can select the color for highlighted Repeaters and/or Repeater boundaries.
Switches color	Click to open the Color dialog, where you can select the color for highlighted Switches and/or Switch boundaries.
Display cursor position hint in trees	Select to visualize in the Document/Pages panels, where the text cursor is located in the Views. Consider the following mix of static text, Repeater, and Switch: If you place the cursor inside the Oranges Repeater, you see the following symbol in e.g. the Document panel tree (By default it is red): If you place the cursor right after the Oranges Repeater, you see the following symbol: If you place the cursor right before the Switch, you see the following symbol: If you place the cursor within the Switch, you see the following symbol:
Hint line color	Click to open the Color dialog, where you can specify the color of the symbol displayed in the Display cursor position hint in trees option.

 

General settings
Show view for selected panel	Enables synchronization between the panels and the views. For example if you select the Document panel, the Document view is automatically displayed.
Offset pasted objects	Specifies the location objects are pasted to. If you specify 0 for both x and y directions, the objects are pasted on top of the selected object.
Track selection	Enables scrolling of the Document, Page and Story view to show the selected object in the panels.
Use chart wizard from context menu	Lets you create a chart using the Create Chart wizard when inserting a chart via the context menu (Right-click in a view or a panel). If this option is not selected, a default chart is inserted.
Show validator window	StoryTeller validates the Document at every save operation, and reports e.g. any invalid settings made in the Document and reports it in a pop-up dialog. You can select whether or not to show this dialog by using this option.
Report renamed items after load of Message	Because StoryTeller automatically renames non-XML Message definitions, a pop-up dialog is by default displayed when loading a Message, reporting the items that have been renamed. You can switch this functionality on and off by using this option.
Set object name from resource name	Enables resource names to be displayed in the object trees as they were called when inserting them. Without setting this options, the resource category, for example Image, is displayed together with the current name of the resource as it is called where it is linked from.
When resource is modified externally	Request confirmation for refresh of resource – You will get prompted before updating the external resource in the target document. Do not refresh resource – The external resource will not be updated in the Document referencing the resource. Refresh resource automatically – The external resource will be updated in the Document referencing the resource, without prompting.
Right - to - left Languages	Select to make Arabic languages available when specifying language in the Properties panel, Options dialog or Processing Properties dialog.
Use text direction controls	Enables the user interface controls and elements related to Arabic languages.
Verify XPath syntax	Select to check the XPath syntax before setting the property value.