Options - General

Enable or disable the mouse cursor auto-selection circle for planes.

Enable or disable the hot-tip display for planes, airports, etc.

Enable or disable the plane destination line that appears when resting the mouse over a plane.

Enable or disable the Drawing Objects hints that are displayed when creating a drawing object graphically using the cursor toolbar buttons.

When the map legend is displayed (by clicking Map Legend on the Overlays menu), it automatically adjusts size as the view changes. Used to display as much of the current view information as possible.

The next time Flight Explorer is started the map legend is displayed at the same location when Flight Explorer was turned off.

A temporary aircraft tag is displayed for approximately 10 seconds when locating an aircraft, through Go to, Find Plane, etc.

When not selected, the zoom level is not changed. Use the slider to choose the level that icons and labels are visible on-screen. Click the @ button to select the current zoom level. The corresponding item will be visible from the selected zoom level to the lowest zoom level (city).

Select Fuel weight unit. Choices are Pounds or Kilograms.

Select Fuel Volume unit. Choices are Gallons or Liters.

Select time display format. Choices are UTC (Coordinated Universal Time/GMT/Zulu) or local time (as set in the Windows control panel).

Set a 12 hour (am/pm) or 24 hour display. For more information on how to set the PC’s local time under Windows, see the Time/Date applet in the Windows control panel or double click the time display on the Windows task bar.

There are different date formats used around the world, Select how the date will appear throughout the application. The delimiters or separator can also be selected.

Enables the left-click zoom / zoom-out function. A single click zooms in centered around the position of the click, and Shift-click zooms back to the previous viewing area and scale.

Sets the size of zoom that takes place for each click, when Left-Click Zoom is enabled.

• 0 = No zoom, re-center around point of click.
• 1 – 99 = Amount of zoom (1 = minimum, 99 = maximum)

When selected, Flight Explorer opens a confirmation box each time there is an attempt to exit Flight Explorer.

Set Flight Explorer to automatically disconnect after a specified number of minutes of inactivity (no mouse movement).

Set miles displayed and calculated as Nautical miles (NM), Statute miles (SM), or Kilometers (KM).

Select how the aircraft ID will be sorted in the My Fleet Status List and Flight List by alphanumeric or airline + flight ID.