# Preferences

The **Preferences** **Window** allows you to adjust settings affecting Tuplo Studio functions.

To open your preferences, perform one of the following actions:

* **Choose** <mark style="color:blue;">**Tuplo Studio > Settings**</mark> from the window menu.
* **Use** the keyboard shortcut, <mark style="color:blue;">**Command + ,**</mark> when in Tuplo Studio.

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<figure><img src="/files/ejZgqH5IkAWzCDV6tMI8" alt=""><figcaption><p>The General tab.</p></figcaption></figure>

In the **General tab**, you can input your company's details. This information automatically fills in various places throughout Tuplo Studio. By activating the Open Orders in Retail Mode option, Tuplo Studio will start in [Point-of-Sale Mode](/using-tuplo-studio/kiosk-mode.md).
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<figure><img src="/files/NoRhLgBUTMxpGDojbd1U" alt=""><figcaption><p>The Server tab.</p></figcaption></figure>

Connect Tuplo Studio with your domain and Tuplo servers.
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<figure><img src="/files/kUlgRpxkCJv80Ehvn4Qr" alt=""><figcaption><p>Order preferences can be toggled to customize desired features.</p></figcaption></figure>

Settings that control features afforded when working in orders. They also affect what happens when using Kiosk Mode.

#### General Settings

* **Default Order Type:** Choose between Point of Sale or Phone as the order type defaulted to when creating a new order.

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#### Point of Sale Settings

* **Enabled**: Activates the Point of Sale Icon in the order window. Closed orders will auto ship items as carry out, open the cash drawer, and print receipts.
* **Maximize new order windows**: Opens any orders created to fill the screen.
* **Collapse new order customer info**: Hides customer info unless the user expands the section.
* **Show print panel before printing receipts**: Displays the print dialog window before printing receipts.
* **Print merchant copy of credit card receipts**: Prints a separate merchant copy when printing receipts.

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#### Kiosk Settings

* **Always create guest orders**: When Kiosk Mode is active, customer information is filled out as 'Retail Customer' to speed up transactions.

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#### Wallpaper

Here you can select from preloaded images to add a bit of color to customize your system when viewing the Passcode Window.
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<figure><img src="/files/1gA9fUaXyISQp7BNwgMW" alt=""><figcaption><p>The Printer tab.</p></figcaption></figure>

The **Printer tab** features options for configuring receipt and label printers. Once connected, you can choose printers from the drop-down menus.&#x20;

If you check the 'show print panel before printing' box, the print dialog window will appear each time you print a receipt, providing options for receipt delivery.

Receipts can include custom text and a footer to provide customers with store information. When entering text into the footer, you can force a line break by pressing <mark style="color:blue;">**Option + Return**</mark>.&#x20;

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**For more info:**

Please refer to the [Hardware Set Up](/setup/hardware-set-up.md) section for assistance setting up new hardware.
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<figure><img src="/files/nELfMNoQBYuZ5XUbs4gW" alt=""><figcaption><p>The Terminals tab</p></figcaption></figure>

**Terminals Preferences** is where you set which credit card terminals you'd like to use.&#x20;

There are two types of credit card terminals:

* **Software**: These are terminals used when manually entering credit card details when taking orders over the phone or when a customer's card is damaged and won't read.
* **Hardware**: These are used when a customer taps, swipes, or inserts their card at a register.

Enter the proper credentials and click the Find Terminals button to show available terminals in the drop-down menus below.

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**Quick Tips!**

When a customer pays in person, it is always better to use the physical terminal. Merchant processors charge lower fees for tapped, swiped, or inserted cards than manually entered cards.
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<figure><img src="/files/Oxsg1ThugQZYOmd2DWtc" alt=""><figcaption><p>The Shipping tab.</p></figcaption></figure>

The **Shipping tab** allows you to manage your connected scales, modify your default shipping units, and designate a label printer.

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**Quick Tips!**

If you've connected a scale that doesn't appear in the drop-down menu, check the connected scale's power supply and click the Find Scales button to refresh the list.

More information on connecting scales is in the [Hardware Set Up](/setup/hardware-set-up.md) section.
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