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5.0 5.0 The Edit Menu The Edit Menu The Edit menu allows the SPWRMS user to make changes to the application. These changes ntay include river administra- tion data that then become visible to all SPWRMS users as well as preference changes and displayed map layers that are used for application ntanagement. 5.1 Preferences Preferences control what inforntation is seen in ntany of the other dialogs. When you save your preferences, the next time you start the SPWRMS application your prefer. ences settings remain the same. By changing the Tune, Map Layers, and District settings in the Preferences dialog, you control your view of the river. To open the Preferences dialog, choose the Preferences... item from the Edit menu. Click on the Okay bunon to activate your specified preferences. Click on the Save button to save to save your preferences to disk. Preferences saved to disk are used as the default preference settings each time the application starts up. For fUrther discussion of the effects of preferences on various SPWRMS dialogs, please see the discussion of individual dialogs in the later sections. 5.1.1 Time The time period specified in the Preference dialog determines your temporal view of the river. For example, if you choose May I - May 4, 1994, as your time interval, then all streamflow hydrographs drawn will cover this period until you change your time preference. You have a choice of checking the Past _ Hours radio bunon, or the I nterval radio button. The setting defaults to the past 24 hours. 5.1.2 Map Layers The map layers and districts specified affect the graphical map dis- playas well as the locations available for processing. In particular, structures and streamgages are available only for the specified water districts.