Wizards and Tips (Options dialog box)

Use this dialog box to modify options for showing and hiding tips in dialog boxes, warnings, and the Welcome dialog box.

To display this dialog box, select Tools > Options and select Wizards and Tips from the list on the left.

Reset All Tips: Displays tip dialog boxes. These dialog boxes provide hints based on your actions in Designer. If you have selected Don’t Show This Tip Again, but you want to display the tip dialog boxes again, click Reset All Tip Dialogs.
Reset All Warnings: Displays warning dialog boxes when an error occurs.
Show Welcome Dialog Box: Displays the Welcome dialog box when Designer starts.

Show In-place Warning Markers

Displays warning markers, such as the yellow triangle or white “X” in the red circle, that appear when there is a problem with an object.

When Value Area Is Too Small

Displays a warning marker when the value area is too small to display the longest value allowed by the field. For example, if you size the field to 3 inches wide by 0.5 inches high and you limit the length of the field to a maximum of 50 characters, then at run time, the value area may be too small to display all the characters in the field. You must adjust the width of the value area to accommodate the field value.

Designer checks the field to evaluate whether, at run time, the value area will be large enough to display the value. Designer shows the warning marker when these conditions are met:

The field uses a fixed-width or monospace font (such as Courier or LetterGothic). If you use a proportional font (such as Times New Roman), Designer cannot evaluate the field because many i characters, for example, can fit in the space of one W character. Using a fixed-width font makes the size of the value area more predictable for Designer.

Note: Ensure that Designer recognizes the font as fixed-width or monospace by testing the font with a field that you set to be too small in order to see whether the warning marker appears.
The field has a fixed dimension set in the Width and Height boxes of the Layout palette.
The field has a length limit set to a number of characters or digits. The character limit may be set in the Field tab of the Object palette.
The field does not have a data pattern or display pattern set for it.

Note: If the field is a cell within a table, the warning marker will not display.

Show Text Overflow Indicators

Displays a red text overflow indicator button on an object when the value or caption area is too small to display the contents. When you hover the pointer over the text overflow indicator button, the area that is too small is highlighted in red. You can click the button to automatically expand the affected area. Value areas expand toward the right, up to the edge of a container (subform or page), and then expand downward. Caption areas expand downward. Select this option when importing a form into Designer from another application to make the process of correctly sizing objects containing text a little easier. Notice that when the Expand to Fit options in the Layout palette are selected, text overflow indicators are not displayed.

Show in Tables

Displays a gray marker in a table when a text object cannot be expanded.

Show When an Object Cannot be Expanded

Displays a gray marker when an object cannot be expanded.

Show When Creating New Documents

Shows the New Form Assistant when creating a new form design.

The New Form Assistant is always shown when creating new documents in Designer with Workbench, and deselecting this option has no effect.

Show When Importing Documents

Shows the New Form Assistant when importing a file.

The New Form Assistant is always shown when importing documents in Designer with Workbench, and deselecting this option has no effect.

Show When Importing PDF Documents From Acrobat: Shows the New Form Assistant when opening a PDF file from Acrobat. This option does not apply when you open a PDF file directly in Designer.
Show When Creating Tables: Shows the Insert Table dialog box when creating a table using the Table object from the Object Library palette. From this dialog box you can use the Table Assistant.