Select Tools > Options and click the Appearance icon.
Toggle the checkbox to enable/disable the welcome dialog that appears by default when you start Workbench.
Canvas and Log font: Set the default font to be used on the workspace canvas, and in the translation log.
You can adjust FME sound events using the Windows Sound and Audio Devices Properties. You can set Workbench to make a distinctive sound whenever an object is cut, pasted, connected, and deleted. It will also tell you when a translation is successful or has failed. You can also set two events in the FME Universal Viewer: when a data load is complete, and when a redraw is performed (but only if the redraw is longer than 3 seconds). Note that by default all the sounds are set to Off. Follow these steps to enable them:
By default, the Workspace Search appears as a link in the Navigator. When you click the link, the Workspace Search dialog appears:
You can change the way the Workspace Search appears in Workbench. Check Search bar embedded in Navigator window to change the link in the Navigator to an embedded search bar at the bottom of the Navigator window.
Detailed information on using Workspace Search
You can change the way objects are displayed on the canvas. Currently, there are two different themes to display: Classic and Default:
If you select a theme from the Current Theme pull-down menu, the canvas will immediately reflect the change.
By default, Workbench Theme files (.wbtheme) are stored in the My Documents\FME\Themes folder.
Click the Restore Defaults button at the bottom of the dialog to revert this page to FME installation defaults. You will be prompted to confirm your selection.