<p>You can set different aspects of <app>Astrognome</app> in the Preferences dialog, which is accessible by pressing <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>P</key></keyseq>, or from <guiseq><gui style="menu">Astrognome</gui> <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui></guiseq>.</p>
<note><p>All settings, except the default house system and default display theme have immediate effects in all open Astrognome windows.</p></note>
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<title>New windows start maximized</title>
<p>If this option is enabled, newly created windows will be maximized by default.</p>
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<section>
<title>Use UTF-8 characters for planet/aspect symbols</title>
<p>The <link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters">UTF-8 standard</link> lists several planet and aspect symbols. If you want to see these characters in the aspect, antiscion and point tables, check this box</p>
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<section>
<title>Default house system</title>
<p>The house system to use by default in new charts.</p>
<note><p><app>Astrognome</app> saves the house system information with every chart. This means if you load a chart, that saved house system will be used instead of the default one.</p></note>
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<section>
<title>Default display theme</title>
<p>The default <link xref="display-themes">display theme</link> to use in newly opened charts.</p>