General
Whether or not XCALC shows a taskbar notification area icon instead of the normal taskbar button.
This lets you force XCALC to start in an iconised state.
This lets you force XCALC to stay a topmost window (always visible).
Enable or disable the click-drag functionality when the caption is not displayed.
This lets you turn on or off the popup memory display that shows the contents of the memory registers.
This changes the layout of the memory popup window.
Size
This sets the number of stack registers that are shown on the display. The value must be between 1 and 64 (inclusive) – reduce the number if XCALC extends below your screen(!) Note that the larger of the numbers specified here and on the general or mini pages will be used as the effective stack size.
This resizes the window of XCALC as a percentage of the default size: the size of XCALC depends on the bitmap in use or the chosen font (see below). The default setting is 100% and bitmap DIGITS1 for the normal display. Size is limited to 20-1000.
Choose between a predefined display bitmap and a system font to represent your main digit display. See below.
If you choose Bitmaps, a combo box appears from which you can choose from a selection of bitmaps, with varying sizes (pixels) per digit. You can resize the display, but Windows does not do a good job of resizing bitmaps. Note that you can also add your own bitmaps to this list.
If you choose Fonts, you are presented with a list of every (normal text) font on your system. 100% size (above) is equivalent to an 18pt representation of the font. The font is (rendered) in the appropriate size (if possible), creating your digit display with no ragged edges. You can also select bold fonts.
Experiment to get the display and size that suits you best. In a little test window bottom right of the dialogue you get an approximation of the final display. If you make any changes to the XCALC main display (such as adding/deleting a pane, changing the size, bitmap or font) and press OK, XCALC will momentarily disappear from the screen while it is rebuilding the screen windows. (Note: If the Help application is active, it will be killed in this case.)
Display
Show or hide the caption/system menu. With this off, the program takes on a somewhat non-standard behaviour.
Turns on/off the display of the function keys.
Turns on/off the Decimal/Complex/Hex/Octal/Binary buttons.
Turns on/off the Fix/Eng/Sci/Deg/Rad buttons.
Turns on/off the fixed point settings and the 3 pushbuttons (Configure, Help, Exit).
Turns on/off the bottom pane with the memory indicators, error messages and logo.
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