Overview of the Preferences

ODS Graphics Designer enables you to enter your personal preferences for displaying graphs. For example, you can specify the default graph size and style and whether the Graph Gallery is displayed when you start the application. You can also make changes that affect how a graph is rendered.
Here is a summary of the preferences that you can set. For more detailed descriptions of these preferences, see Setting Preferences.
General preferences:
  • size that is used for graphs by default
  • style that is used for graphs by default
  • the number of recently used files to display when users open a file from the File menu
  • whether to show the Graph Gallery when the designer is started
  • whether to show an embellished or a simple interface for the Elements pane and the Add an Element pop-up window
  • option to restore any information dialog boxes in which you might have selected the Don't show this dialog again option
Rendering preferences:
  • whether to use anti-aliasing of data labels, axis text, or both
  • maximum number of values to display when a graph contains a group or a classification variable
  • maximum number of observations in a data set to be rendered
Note: If you customized preferences in the previous production release (the third maintenance release of 9.2) of ODS Graphics Designer, there is a one-time task that you must perform to migrate your custom preferences to the designer's new 9.3 location. For more information, see Manual Tasks for Upgrading to SAS 9.3 ODS Graphics Designer.