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Working with projects
The Preferences dialog
When you open the File menu (the Cubase menu on a
Mac) and select “Preferences…”, the Preferences dialog
opens. This dialog provides a large number of options and
settings that control the global behavior of Cubase.
The dialog has a number of pages, each containing op-
tions and settings belonging to a particular topic.
• In the list on the left, click on one of the entries to open
the corresponding page.
• You can find detailed descriptions of all Preferences
options in the dialog help, opened by clicking the Help
button at the bottom left of the dialog.
About preference presets
In the Preferences dialog it is possible to save complete or
partial preference settings as presets. This lets you recall
settings quickly and easily.
Saving a preference preset
When you have made your preferences settings, proceed
as follows to save all settings as a preset:
1. Make sure that the “Store marked preferences only”
option is not activated.
This is because this option is used for saving partial settings (see below),
as opposed to complete settings.
2. Click the Store button in the lower left section of the
Preferences dialog.
A dialog opens, allowing you to type in a name for the
preset.
3. Click OK to save the preset.
Your saved settings are now available from the Preference Presets
pop-up menu.
Loading a preference preset
To load a saved preference preset, simply select a preset
from the Preference Presets pop-up menu. The preset is
applied immediately.
Saving partial preferences settings
It is also possible to save partial preferences settings. This
is useful when you have made settings that only relate to a
certain project or situation, for example. When you apply a
saved partial preference preset, you only change the saved
settings. All other preferences will be left unchanged.