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Configuring Format Options

You can configure the color, font, and other format options for each tool in the Designer.

To configure format options:

Click Tools > Options.

Click the Format tab.

To apply a color theme, click Select Theme.

In the Workspace Colors section, select a Designer tool from the Tools menu to configure the workspace colors.

Select a workspace element, and click Color to change the color of the element.

Elements in the Workspace Colors section depend on the tool that you select to configure. You can configure the color of the following elements:

Element	Tool Availability	Description
Background	All tools	Background of the workspace area.
Foreground Text	All tools	Text that appears in the workspace area.
Link Selection	Source Analyzer, Target Designer, Mapplet Designer, Mapping Designer	Selected link between repository objects in the workspace.
Relationship Link	Source Analyzer, Target Designer, Mapplet Designer, Mapping Designer	Link showing primary-key/foreign-key relationship between two tables.
Propagate Link	Mapplet Designer, Mapping Designer	Link affected by port attribute propagation.
Data Flow Link	Mapplet Designer, Mapping Designer	Link between ports of repository objects in a mapplet or mapping in the workspace.
Metadata Flow Link	Mapplet Designer, Mapping Designer	Link between an MQ Source Qualifier transformation and the associated source.

In the Caption Colors section, select an object type from the Tables menu to configure the title bar text and background colors.

You can configure the following colors:

Option	Description
Foreground	Color of the table caption text.
Background	Background color of the table caption.
Background(2)	Second background color of the table caption. You can combine two background colors to create a color gradient in the title bar of the repository object. Choose the same color for Background and Background(2) if you do not want a color gradient.

In the Fonts section, select a component of the Designer from the Categories menu to view or change its font.

The Current Font field shows the font of the currently selected Designer component. Click Change to change the display font and language script for the Designer component selected in the Categories menu. You might want to do this if the

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code page is different from the source file code page.

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