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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" id="howto_profiles">
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<info>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#getting_started"/>
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<link type="next" xref="howto_documents" />
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<title type="sort">9. Profiles</title>
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<desc>Maintaining multiple configurations</desc>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Joanmarie Diggs</name>
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<email>joanied@gnome.org</email>
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</credit>
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<license>
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<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
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</license>
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</info>
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<title>Profiles</title>
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<p>
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Cthulhu's profiles allow you to save and load multiple configurations so
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that you can quickly access the settings you need.
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</p>
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<steps>
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<title>Saving a New Profile</title>
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<item>
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<p>
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Get into the <link xref="preferences">Cthulhu Preferences</link> dialog box.
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</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Change whatever settings you wish.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>
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On the <gui>General</gui> page, press the <gui>Save As</gui> button.
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</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>
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Type the new profile name in the resulting <gui>Save Profile As</gui>
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dialog box.
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</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>
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Press the <gui>OK</gui> button in the <gui>Save Profile As</gui>
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dialog box.
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</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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<steps>
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<title>Loading an Existing Profile</title>
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<item>
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<p>
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Get into the <link xref="preferences">Cthulhu Preferences</link> dialog box.
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</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>
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On the <gui>General</gui> page, select the profile to load from the
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<gui>Active Profile</gui> combo box.
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</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Press the <gui>Load</gui> button.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>
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You will be asked to confirm. Press the <gui>Yes</gui> button.
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</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Press the <gui>OK</gui> button.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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<steps>
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<title>Changing an Existing Profile</title>
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<item>
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<p>
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Follow the steps described above to load the profile you wish to change.
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</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Follow the steps described above to save a new profile.</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>
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When prompted for the new profile name, type the same name as current
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profile. When you press the <gui>OK</gui> button, you will be told there
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is a name conflict.
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</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>
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Press the <gui>Yes</gui> button to confirm you wish to overwrite the
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existing profile with the new settings.
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</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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<steps>
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<title>Changing the <gui>Start-up Profile</gui></title>
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<item>
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<p>
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Get into the <link xref="preferences">Cthulhu Preferences</link> dialog box.
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</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>
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On the <gui>General</gui> page, select the profile to load from the
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<gui>Start-up Profile</gui> combo box.
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</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<p>Press the <gui>OK</gui> button. The next time you launch <app>Cthulhu</app>,
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the newly-selected profile will be used.
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</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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</page>
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