The colour and font used in the windows may be changed with the Colour and Font commands in the View menu.

The Colour command allows you to set the colour of lines, controls, and graphs.

Remember to always be careful when using colour. It is very easy to get carried away with bright colours and end up with a garish display that is uncomfortable to work with. In general it is best to use a neutral background such as mid Gray or dull blue and use lighter or darker shades of a colour rather than fully saturated hues.

To change the colours, select Colour from the View menu.

From the scrollable list, select the item whose colour you wish to change. The item’s current colour will be displayed on the left of the dialog. To change the colour, click in the box and select a new colour from the palette.

The colours of items in the four design views are all consistent. The colours used in the graph window may also be changed with the colour command.

The Font command allows you to set the size and style of the text in the current window; the font may be independently set for all the windows.

Select Font from the View menu and select the desired font, style and text size.