Setting Miscellaneous preferences
You can control a variety of preferences on the Miscellaneous page of the Preferences dialog box.
To set the number of files that appear in the Recent Files list
Edit workspace
Manage workspace
1 Choose File Preferences General Program Preferences.
2 From the left pane, choose Miscellaneous.
3 Type or set a value in the Recently used file list control.
You must restart Corel PaintShop Pro before the new settings take effect.
You can view the list by choosing File Recent Files.
To set tolerance to background color when pasting a transparent selection
Edit workspace
Manage workspace
1 Choose File Preferences General Program Preferences.
2 From the left pane, choose Miscellaneous.
3 Type or set a value in the Tolerance to background color when pasting a transparent selection control.
When you paste data as a transparent selection, Corel PaintShop Pro adds it to the current image, defines it as a selection, and deselects all the pixels that match the current background color. The tolerance value you enter determines how closely the background color must match the transparent color for it to become transparent. The tolerance scale is 0% (only image pixels with a perfect match to the current background color are made transparent) to 100% (all image pixels are made transparent).
To set Clipboard data preferences
Edit workspace
Manage workspace
1 Choose File Preferences General Program Preferences.
2 From the left pane, choose Miscellaneous.
3 From the Clipboard data on Exit list, choose an option to determine how any information on the Clipboard is handled when you exit the program:
• Ask — asks what you want to do with the Clipboard data
• Delete — deletes Clipboard data when you exit the program
• Leave — leaves data in the Clipboard when you exit the program
To redraw when you move an object
Edit workspace
Manage workspace
1 Choose File Preferences General Program Preferences.
2 From the left pane, choose Miscellaneous.
3 Mark the Force full window redraw when positioning image elements check box.
The information in the active window is redrawn whenever you move objects in the image.
To hide the program splash screen on startup
Edit workspace
Manage workspace
1 Choose File Preferences General Program Preferences.
2 From the left pane, choose Miscellaneous.
3 Unmark the Show splash screen when application starts check box.
To disable pressure support for puck-type pointing devices
Edit workspace
Manage workspace
1 Choose File Preferences General Program Preferences.
2 From the left pane, choose Miscellaneous.
3 Mark the Disable pressure support for puck-type pointing devices check box.
To enable preservation of brightness in resized images
Edit workspace
Manage workspace
1 Choose File Preferences General Program Preferences.
2 From the left pane, choose Miscellaneous.
3 Mark the Preserve image brightness when resizing check box.
When this option is enabled, a resized image retains its overall perceived brightness. In certain cases, however, unmarking this check box may produce better results — for example, when you are reducing the size of a computer-generated image, such as a scanned line drawing.
To set pen tablet interface
Edit workspace
Manage workspace
1 Choose File Preferences General Program Preferences.
2 From the left pane, choose Miscellaneous.
3 In the Pen tablet interface area, choose one of the following options:
• WinTab
• Real-Time Style (RTS)
Note: The options are available only if you have the corresponding tablet installed on your computer. The option lets you set your preference when you have more than one type installed.