Personalize your Genus Desktop

Change your password

Note that you can't change your password if you are authenticated by Microsoft Active Directory. If you are authenticated by Microsoft Active Directory, your password is the same as the password you are using when you sign in to your computer.

  1. In the File menu, click User Account.
  2. Click Set Password.
  3. In the Old Password box, type your current password.
  4. In the New Password box, type the new password, and then type the password again in the Confirm New Password box.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Click OK.

Change the default language

  1. In the File menu, click Options.
  2. In the Language box, select which language to use as the default language. You must restart the application for this change to take effect.

Change the display format on web browser clients

Controls the display format of items such as numbers, currency, and dates on web browser clients. If not specified, items are formatted according to the selected language.

  1. In the File menu, click Options.
  2. In the Display Format Web box, select which formatting culture to use.

Change the start page in the Navigation Pane

The start page is displayed when you first start Genus Desktop. To change the start page, right-click a shortcut in the navigation pane, and then on the shortcut menu, click Set as Start Page.

Change the default print color setting

  1. In the File menu, click Options.
  2. In the Print Color Setting box, select which color setting to use as default; Black and White, Color or Grayscale. Black and White prints douments in black and white only. Color prints documents in full color. Grayscale translates colors to shades of gray.

Change the default application theme

  1. In the File menu, click Options.
  2. In the Application Theme box, select which theme to use as; Default, Colorful or White. When Default is selected, the default application theme is used.

Turn confirmation on exit on or off

You can let the Genus Desktop ask for confirmation before exiting. This is useful to avoid inadvertently closing the application.

  1. In the File menu, click Options.
  2. Click to select or clear the Ask for confirmation on exit check box.

Show or hide the Genus button on the taskbar

You can hide the Genus taskbar buttons to conserve space on your taskbar. When you hide the Genus buttons, the Genus icon is displayed only in the notification area at the far right of the taskbar.

Do one of the following:

  • Right-click the Genus icon in the notification area, and then on the shortcut menu, click Hide When Minimized.
  • In the File menu, click Options, and then click to select or clear the Hide the main window when minimized check box.

When opening a link to an object, the main windows can be opened at the same time. This is useful if one frequently uses links, as it reduces the time it takes to open a link, after the first time. If the main window is not open when a link is used, the whole application is loaded before the target of the link is shown.

To change whether to open the main window minimized whenever a link is opened, do the following:

  1. In the File menu, click Options.
  2. To open the main window, select Start main window when opening a link.
  3. To only open the link target, click to clear Start main window when opening a link.