Picture preferences include the default size and background color, and whether the picture includes a title bar, system bar, and the ability to resize. You can also specify whether your pictures will use a gradient fill, will save a thumbnail, can be cached, and can be auto scaled.
Shape preferences let you specify the default colors of new objects in a picture and default styles, such as fill and edge style. If the fill style is Gradient, you can specify fade type. You can define default pipe properties, and the default font name, point size, and styles.
Drawing preferences let you specify the line extension and line trimming options and whether or not to display connection nodes on objects.
Standard Chart preferences let you select the defaults for Standard Chart objects only. These defaults include the number of ticks per axis, the number of labels per axis, the direction in which the chart scrolls, and the length of time the chart displays. To learn more about all picture, shapes, drawing, and chart preferences, refer to the Creating Pictures manual.
