The options in the Preferences dialog box affect the working environment for all subsequent documents.
Provides general preference options.

The options are summarised in the following table:
| Option | Description |
| Arrows nudge | Specifies the nudge distance for moving objects with the arrow keys. |
| Make backups | Specifies whether Freeway makes a backup version of your document, with a .fwbackup extension, when you open the document. |
| Old selection behavior | Enables the behavior of selecting objects used in earlier versions of Freeway. |
| Enable AppleScript in Actions | Enables the ability to run AppleScripts in Freeway Actions. |
| Palettes snap | Makes the Freeway palettes snap together automatically, to help maintain a tidy screen appearance. |
| Adjust box dimensions when adding padding | Changes the size of graphic and HTML items to keep the content the same size when adding padding. |
| Show help tags | Shows a pop-up tag with help on toolbar icons and controls when you point to them with the mouse pointer. |
Provides options that affect the appearance of text in the Freeway window:

| Option | Description |
| Minimum anti-alias Size | Specifies a minimum size for applying smoothing to graphic text. |
| Invisibles color | Specifies the color used to display invisible characters, such as spaces and carriage returns. |
Allows you to change the color used to identify each of the different item boxes:

| Option | Description |
| Graphic boxes | Specifies the color used for the border of graphic items. |
| Table-positioned boxes | Specifies the color used for the border of HTML non-layer items. |
| CSS-positioned boxes | Specifies the color used for the border of HTML layer items. |
| Map area boxes | Specifies the color used for the border of map area items. |
| Revert to default colors | Restores the colors to their default values. |
Provides options relating to the guides and grid lines:

| Option | Description |
| Grid color | Specifies the color used to display the grid lines. |
| Grid magnetic range | Specifies the snap-to distance for grids, in pixels. |
| Horizontal/Vertical guide color | Specifies the colors used to display the horizontal and vertical ruler guides. Select Link to make the horizontal and vertical lines the same color. |
| Margin guide color | Specifies the color used to display margins. |
| Guide magnetic range | Specifies the snap-to distance for guides, in pixels. |
To specify grids and margins for a master page or document page use the Grids... command on the Page menu.