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Customizing the Diagram Trace Utility › Set General Preferences › Set Annotations Preferences for Text Editors

Set Annotations Preferences for Text Editors

Annotation preference settings affect the appearance and location in which different annotations such as bookmarks and breakpoints are displayed in PAD Code View editors.

Follow these steps:

  1. Select Preferences from the Window menu.

    The Preferences dialog appears.

  2. Navigate to General, Editors, Text Editors, Annotations.

    The Annotations Preferences dialog appears.

    Set Annotations Preferences for Text Editors

  3. Set the following options to suit your needs:
    Annotations

    Displays the default setting for the annotation selected.

    Note: The Diagram Trace Utility does not support the Annotation types Spelling Errors or Tasks.

    Show in

    Specifies the location in which the annotation appears (in text with selected attributes, in the Overview ruler, or in the Vertical ruler) in the PAD Code View editor.

    Color

    Lets you specify a basic or custom color for the selected annotation from the Color selection dialog.

  4. Click OK.

    The Diagram Trace Utility saves the new settings and closes the dialog.