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{{:Viewerhelp:Setting Preferences}}
=== General tab ===
Sets basic preferences to enhance your Second Life experience.
Sets basic preferences to enhance your Second Life experience.


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| Sets the color of the animated dots that appear when you select objects and when you teleport.  Click the swatch to show the {{winlink|Color Picker}} and choose a color. {{redbug|Selection beam not present. See: [http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/EXT-4595 EXT-4595]}} }}
| Select the '''View Display Names''' checkbox to see all Residents' {{Xref|display name}}s, both above their avatars and in the chat log. If the checkbox is unselected, you will see each Resident's Second Life first name and last name or {{Xref|username}}.}}
 
{{UIref|Pressing letter keys|Determines whether pressing letter keys automatically enters text chat or moves your avatar; for example, the W key moves you forward.  }}


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Set Away mode manually by choosing '''Me''' > '''My Status''' > '''Away'''.}}
Set Away mode manually by choosing '''Me''' > '''My Status''' > '''Away'''.}}
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| Select the '''View Display Names''' checkbox to see all Residents' {{Xref|display name}}s, both above their avatars and in the chat log. If the checkbox is unselected, you will see each Resident's Second Life first name and last name or {{Xref|username}}.}}


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Set Busy mode by choosing '''Me''' > '''My Status''' > '''Busy'''.}}
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Revision as of 13:18, 10 June 2011

Sets basic preferences to enhance your Second Life experience.

Language

  Changes the language the Viewer text is displayed in. System default detects what your computer is globally using. To override this, click the dropdown and select another language, then restart your Viewer.
I want to access content rated

  Controls the maturity rating of content you can see, whether you're teleporting inworld or doing a search. You can only change this when logged into Second Life. You must be age-verified to see Parcel lght A.png Adult content.
Start location

  Controls where you appear the next time you log in to Second Life:
  • My Last Location - The last place you were inworld before logging out.
  • My Home - Your home location; set by choosing World > Set Home to Here.
  • Check Show on login to enable the Starting location field on your Viewer login screen. The next time you log in, you can specify either My Last Location, My Home, or choose Type region name to specify a region and optional coordinates like a SLurl.
Name tags

  Controls display of floating name tags above avatars' heads. Affects only what you see, not what others see. On always displays them; Off hides them. To make them to appear momentarily then fade away, choose Show briefly.
  • My name - Shows your name tag, including group title.
  • Usernames - Shows your and other avatars' usernames in name tags and in the chat log.
  • Group titles - Shows your and other avatars' group titles in name tags.
  • Highlight friends - Highlights the names of avatars you've set as friends inworld.
View Display Names

  Select the View Display Names checkbox to see all Residents' display names, both above their avatars and in the chat log. If the checkbox is unselected, you will see each Resident's Second Life first name and last name or username.
Pressing letter keys   Determines whether pressing letter keys automatically enters text chat or moves your avatar; for example, the W key moves you forward.
Away timeout

  Select the time before your avatar goes into away mode, slumping over as a visual cue and displaying "(Away)" next to your name tag.

Set Away mode manually by choosing Me > My Status > Away.

Busy mode response

  Type a brief message to be sent as an automatic reply when another Resident instant-messages you when you're in Busy mode.

Set Busy mode by choosing Me > My Status > Busy.

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