Personalize your spreadsheet experience | Zoho Sheet help guide

Personalize your spreadsheet experience with My Preferences

My Preferences, a settings feature, lets you customize your spreadsheet experience across all spreadsheets you create. It brings together personalization settings like style, locale, appearance, accessibility controls and more in one place.

Most settings in My Preferences are also available separately across the product. My Preferences brings them together in a single place for easier access and customization. Refer to the respective help guides to learn more about individual features. 

How to access My Preferences 

  1. Click on the profile icon at the top-right corner.
  2. Select My Preferences from the side pane that appears.
  3. Alternatively, you can click on Tools > My Preferences.

How to configure general settings 

  1. Style: Configure your preferred settings like themes, font family, size, color, and more.

  1. Locale: Configure your preferred regional formats like language, time zone, country, currency, and more.

  1. Calculation: Configure your preferred formula behavior and workbook calculation settings.

Notes
Changes made to the general settings will apply by default to all new spreadsheets you create. They will also appear in each spreadsheet's settings. If you want these changes reflected in your current spreadsheet, click Apply.

How to configure display settings

  1. Appearance: Select your preferred appearance between dark, light and default mode.
  1. Editor: Personalize spreadsheet interface elements like headers, formula bars, sheet tabs, and other editor settings.
  2. Cell: Customize paste options and other cell-level preferences.


How to configure accessibility controls

Accessibility controls are designed to improve readability and visibility while working with spreadsheets, in line with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
  1. Increased Contrast: Adjust contrast levels to make text and interface elements easier to see.
  2. Reading Mask: Focus on specific areas of spreadsheet content and reduce visual distractions while reading.
  3. Spreadsheet Zoom: Set your preferred spreadsheet zoom level for a comfortable viewing experience.
  4. Text Spacing: Adjust text spacing settings to improve readability and visual comfort while working with spreadsheet content.
  5. Toast Notification: Control how notification messages appear and how long they remain visible on the screen.