title: Preferences and Session Properties
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- <p>Ardour splits preferences into two categories:</p>
+<p>
+ Ardour splits its configuration options into two categories:
+</p>
<ul>
-<li>Settings that should logically apply to all sessions, because they are based on user workflow or system configuration
-</li>
-<li>Settings that are per session, because they depend or reflect session content or design
-</li>
+ <li>
+ Global <dfn>preferences</dfn> control general workflow and system
+ configuration, and should apply to all sessions. They are located in
+ <kbd class="menu">Edit > Preferences</kbd> and stored in
+ Ardour's <dfn>user configuration file</dfn> in your home directory.
+ </li>
+ <li><dfn>Session properties</dfn> control aspects of the workflow or
+ configuration that pertain to the current session only. You can find them
+ in <kbd class="menu">Session &t; Properties</kbd>, and they will be stored
+ in the session file.
+ </li>
</ul>
-<p>There are two separate (but similarly designed) dialogs, one under <code>Edit > Preferences</code> for the first category of preferences and <code>Session > Properties</code> for the second. Each window uses tabs to group a set of preferences</p>
-<p>This chapter covers the following:</p>
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