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Managing Settings Profiles

The Profiles page of the Options dialog box lets you store individual profiles based on the settings you specify and manage the profiles.

The name of the active profile is displayed at the top of the Options dialog box.

To manage settings profiles:

  1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).

    Click Application menu > Preferences (or type Options).

  2. In the Options dialog box, click Profiles .
  3. - or -
  4. Type Profiles.
  5. A list of the available profiles is displayed.
  6. Use the following to manage profiles:
    • Add. Opens the Named Profile dialog box. Type a Name and Description for the profile.
    • Rename. Lets you rename the selected profile. Rename opens the Rename Profile dialog box. Type a new Name or Description for the profile.
    • Delete. Lets you delete the selected profile. You cannot delete the active profile.
    • Import. Reads a profile from disk which was created with the Export option. You can import profile files from the same computer or different computers.
    • Export. Writes the selected profile as an .xml file.
    • Activate. Sets the selected profile as active.
    • Reset. Sets the values in the selected profile to the default settings.

Access

Command: Profiles, or Options

Menu: Tools > Options

Menu: Application menu > Preferences

Related Topics

Customizing the User Interface

Parent Topic

Setting User Preferences and System Options



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