It is recommended, on the first access to the Pages main tab in Fred4, to configure the greeking of text and guides when editing a page.

Greeking text

When display capabilities are not sufficient to show text at a small size, Fred4 displays the text as a dimmed bar. This is called greeking type. Any type at or below the specified type size is replaced on-screen with non-letterforms that act as placeholders in the artwork.

Greeking guides

On small zooms, the screen gets cluttered by the display of guides and frames. Under the specified zoom, the frames and guides are not shown

Default: 10pt for greeking of text, 0% (disabled) greeking of guides/frames.

Recommended: 6pt for greeking, 30% for guides

To configure the greeking of text and guides

1.On the Edit menu of the Pages main tab while not editing text, click Preferences.

2.On the Display tab, in Greek Type Below, type a value in points.

3.In Guides/Frames limit, type a value of the zoom below which you want guides and frames not to be drawn.

4.Click OK to save the preference.

About saving preferences in database

When you click OK, the preferences are updated in the memory and applied right-on. GN4 will store the preference in the database when you exit application. Anyway, should your GN4 crash or exit in any other abnormal way, the preference will not be stored in database, and you will have to repeat the previously described steps.

This preference is stored in the Editorial_SystemUserConfig for the securityRef corresponding to the user name. To display that configuration, open EdAdmin4, click Client Applications, expand the search pane in the left sidebar, in the Name enter editorial, and in the securityRef select the name of the user. Double-click the Editorial_SystemUserConfig to open the content. Locate the preference by name.