Before we go further, there are some improvements that you can do to get a better experience when using
the Arduino IDE.
So first you will open the Arduino ID.
So just click on the desktop shortcut or search from the Windows bar.
If you have this, you can just click on that icon to remove it.
And here I'm going to make actually two different paths for this video.
One path is for the original ID version two.
So that's the new one and another path for the version ID version one.
So the old one.
But that's actually still working completely fine.
And how to find the version where you can just see here on the top you should have something like Arduino
ID and then two point something.
Well, the other numbers don't really matter.
Just make sure that you either have two or one.
If it's two, you have version two.
If it's one, you have version one.
And here you can see the timestamps to see which part of the video you should follow for customizing
the Arduino ID.
So what we can do here, we can click on file and then preferences.
And here what you will be able to change.
I would say the most important setting is this edit of font size.
So you have the font size, that's the size of the text.
It's 14 here for me by default.
And let's put to 18, for example, and you can see that the text now the code is bigger.
You also have the lines on the side, which is quite convenient.
So make sure that you have a size.
That's actually something you can easily read on your screen.
Okay, It's nice to have a lot of text on the screen, but it's actually better to be able to read easily
what you have on the screen without having to use your eyes too much because you're going to spend a
lot of time on the screen.
So make sure that you have a font size that makes you comfortable.
Then for the font family, well, the one that's by default here in the Arduino version two is actually
fine.
So we're going to keep this one.
So you just need to change one thing.
You need to change the font size.
So by default is going to be this and you can increase it if you want or not.
And then if you want to also increase the size of everything, you can go to preferences again and you
can just enter.
So you have the interface scale here.
You can just increase this for example, and you can see that every thing.
So the size of everything is increased.
So that can also be more convenient for you.
One more thing also that you have on the Arduino version two, and that is easily available, not for
the version one.
So I'm just going to do this for the version two is you have the theme here, the light theme, but
you can also choose a dark, for example, the dark theme, this one.
And you can see you have a dark theme that will be easier on the eyes.
So if you want, you can use this theme, the dark theme, and I'm going to keep using the light theme
for this course.
All right.
And with this setup, so not much to do, you are good to go with the version two of the Arduino IDE.
You can skip the rest of the video unless you are using instead the version one of the Arduino IDE.
So first open the original ID and you might notice.
Then the text may be quite small for you to read.
And when you program, it's actually better to be comfortable with the size of text.
So what you can do first is price control or command and use the scroll of the mouse to zoom in and
zoom out.
And this way you can actually make the size of the text bigger.
If you want a more permanent solution, you can go here on file, open preferences, and here you can
see the font size.
So 15 was the one I just have here with the zoom with the mouse and you can choose any font you want.
I'm going to put 18, for example, and I'm going also to scale in the face a little bit to 130%.
You don't need to change that.
Okay.
This will make, for example, the green buttons here bigger.
But what you can do is keep this automatic and change the font size with something that you are comfortable
with.
It may be 18, it may be 16 or it may be 22.
Whatever makes you more comfortable.
I'm going to click on okay.
And actually, I'm going to restart the adenoid.
Okay, so now it's actually much better.
One thing we can do also is we go back to preferences.
We can put line number.
So display line number, you can check this option click on.
Okay.
And now you have the line numbers here.
This will make it easier for you when you need to communicate with other people about your code.
And your other program will be a little bit more readable.
And now the last thing I'm going to do is to actually change the font for the text, because as you
can see, maybe the font here is not the best one for readability purpose.
So what I'm going to do is go on file preferences again, and here you can directly change the font
on this menu.
You need to go to this file here.
So on the bottom you should have a file this will you click on this?
This will open a new file manager and what I'm going to do so I'm going to close the Arduino ID now
we are on this file manager here and I'm going to click on preferences that txt.
So I'm going to open it and I'm going to search for font.
So a little dot font here we just found it.
And the font, the basic one is mono spaced here on windows.
And then you have, as you can see, the size of the font.
And what I'm going to do is I'm going to change mono spaced to console us.
So console us.
This will be the font I will use.
And if you want, you can also change and see if it's better for you.
And it's very important.
Note that you should first quit the Arduino IDE and then edits the file.
Don't edit the file while the Arduino ID is still running so I can save the file, save preferences
the txt and now I can start Arduino again.
And as you can see, the font here is actually better for readability.
And one quick note here.
Actually, here you can see the font and then plain you may want to change it to bold, but actually
this option doesn't work for now with the albino ID, so you can just change the font here and then
the size.
All right.
With this setup, you are good to go in the following of the course.
At some point I will come back to the different options and tools you can get with the Arduino IDE and
you will learn how to use them properly.