This image shows the first tab of the preferences dialog. This is
central user interface to configure Interest.
The first tab allows to configure some general properties like
the default root directory where all the files should be put in
the date format for input and display
a rule, how the filename of new files should be built
if prices should be shown in the transaction window by default
if the "Tip of the day" should be display at startup
In the second tab you can specify account and portfolio files,
which should be autoloaded at startup time.
The third tab is for configuration of import patterns. There are some
predefined patterns shipped with Interest, e.g. to fetch stock prices
from Yahoo.
To configure default colors for charts, you can use this preferences
tab.
Here you can specify, which columns should appear in the
investment report.