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MAGEC™ Viewer Preferences
Display and navigation behavior for this documentation site
This documentation was originally published in print as several bound volumes. Online, we add a
“watermark” to each page to help you quickly see which chapter you’re looking at —
handy if you step away mid-task and come back later.
Each chapter was once its own printed book, so we show an index, table of contents, or list of figures in a
sidebar. Clicking an item there can jump straight to the topic, either instantly or with a smooth scroll —
whichever helps you get oriented faster.
There’s an index for each chapter individually, and one Master Index aggregating all of them. Tabs near
the top of the page let you switch between the two at any time; your preference below just decides which one
is shown first.
Current:
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Chapter watermarks
Show a light watermark on each page indicating which chapter you’re in.
On
Show chapter watermarks
Off
Hide chapter watermarks
Default index
Which sidebar index shows first when you open a chapter from the Master Table of Contents.
Chapter Index
Just this chapter’s contents
Master Index
All chapters, aggregated
Scrolling
How the main window moves when you click an item in the index or table of contents.
Smooth
Glide to the target — helps build a feel for the layout
Immediate
Jump straight there, no animation
Save & continue
Use defaults
Cancel
NOTE: Preferences are saved in a cookie on this browser/device for up to a year, so they’ll still be set
the next time you visit. Clearing your browser’s cookies, or switching to a different browser or device,
resets them to the defaults shown under “Use defaults.”
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