The user may want to place the most frequently used objects in a way that is most comfortable for him. Furthermore, the user may want to add or change colors. Some of these requirements are supported on a global scale, others on an individual object basis.
There are a few settings that are general to all applications. They can be found within the OS2 System folder under System Setup
Colors
A Color Palette and a Scheme Palette can be set for later use in modifying the appearance of windows. Included in the Color Palette is the setting for the border width. The information is stored in OS2.INI and can be changed easily for the whole system.
Font Palette
The palette of fonts available in the system can be changed by adding or deleting fonts. Certain display attributes like underlining and bold display can be set from here. Items can be dragged from the palette and dropped on the desired object(s).
Mouse
Quite a number of settings are available to control the behavior of the mouse buttons. Changing them, however, may cause trouble if more than one person is using the system.
Keyboard
Timing, special needs (see Figure "Keyboard Settings Notebook") like sticky keys, and the mapping of the function keys are defined in this selection.
Sound
This variable can be used by an application to find out if beeps are generally wanted. It does not stop an application from generating sound output. Clock
The system clock can be displayed and various settings can be altered.
Country
The installation determines the settings like language group, keyboard, date and time formats. They can be changed at any time.