## Preferences dialog

The preferences dialog can be accessed from the mainwindow menu, as Edit->Preferences. It lets you customize many aspects of the way HomeBank works. The following sections detail the settings that you can customize, and what they affect.

Go to: General, Interface, Display format, Help system, Euro options, Report options

### General tab

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#### Folders

Wallet | default folder to load/save homebank files

#### Initial date filter

Range | default range init value to be used everywhere in Homebank

### Interface tab

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#### General

Toolbar | toolbar style to be used

#### Amount colors

Expense | color used for expense
Income | color used for incomes
Warning | color used for amount in warning (overdrawn)

### Display format tab

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#### Date options

Date format | display format used for date

#### Numbers options

Frac digits | number of digits for decimal numbers
Thousand separator | separate thounsands with a separator

#### Measure units

Use british units | future: amiga not implemented yet.

### help system tab

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#### Web navigator

Web navigator to use | The navigator to lanch when you request for help to be launched

### Euro options tab

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#### General

Enable | enable euro minor currency support in HomeBank. see minor currency for more details.
Fill from | preselection of parameters for this tab
Country | remind of the filled country from
Value | change rate, value of 1 euro in your old country currency

#### Numbers format

Frac digits | number of digits for decimal numbers
Thousand separator | separate thounsands with a separator
Symbol | old symbol of your country currency

### Report options tab

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#### Statistics options

Show by amount | set the by amount toggle on the statistics window to default be checked
Show details | set the detail toggle on the statistics window to default be checked

#### Budget options

Show details | set the detail toggle on the budget window to default be checked