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Remember Settings

From the Protractors Application Menu, you can turn Remember Settings on and off. When Remember Settings is enabled, Protractor settings are remembered across sessions of use. Protractor settings that are remembered are listed here:

background colour of protractors

position of protractor

units for the protractor

direction for each protractor

zero points for each protractor

opacity for all protractors

dim out when moving option for protractors

Restore Initial Settings

From the Protractors Application Menu, the Restore Initial Settings restores the settings of the protractors to a set of standard values, described here:

background colour is set to dark gray

units is set to degrees

direction is set to widdershins (anti-clockwise)

zero points are set to zero degrees, zero grads, and zero mils

opacity is set to one hundred percent (fully opaque)

dim out when moving option is on

Check For Updates

The Protractors Application Check For Updates menu item enables you to check if there are updates to Protractors available for download.

Colour

The Protractors Colour menu provides you with a choice of eight different background colours.


Light Red

Light Green

Light Blue

Light Gray

Light Magenta

Light Cyan

Light Yellow

Dark Gray

Opacity and Dim Out WHen Moving

The Protractors Opacity menu provides you with a choice of seven different opacities.


Forty
Percent

Fifty
Percent

Sixty
Percent

Seventy
Percent

Eighty
Percent

Ninety
Percent

Hundred
Percent

Dim Out When Moving provides you the choice of having the protractors turn partially transparent when you are moving them around. Some people like this feature; others don't, so it is there as an option.

Quick Help

Quick Help from the Help menu displays a short list of help items.