The User Preferences screen (accessed with the link [My Prefs|] on each page) presents two tabs for the user:

!Preferences
;Name: This is your "Wiki" Name and is usually set to the Full Name (from the profile tab, below) without spaces
;Editor: This is a preference setting for the editor to be used when you are creating or modifying wiki pages.
;Section Editing: If toggled, a link will be placed beside each header, if you are allowed to edit that page.
;Skin: This shows the different styles that the wiki may be shown to you.  Skins are defined in the [templates|WIKI.DIRECTORIES#Templates] directory.
;Language: This controls the language of the wiki - not the language that the pages are presented in.
;Favorites Style: This controls which side of the screen the menu is presented on (default is Left side)
;Time Format: This controls the format that dates are presented in page history screens
;Time Zone: This is your time zone, if it is different from where the server is set.
;Clear User Preferences: Pressing this button will clear the [cookies|WIKI.COOKIES] used to remember your settings.
!Profile Tab
;Login Name: This is the user name that is used in the login screen.
;Password: Your password.  It stored, hashed, using the SHA-1 hashing algorithm
;Name: This is your Full Name, and is used by an administrator to provide membership in [Groups|WIKI.GROUPS] or access control lists
;Email Address: Your email address, in case you need your password reset
;Roles: This shows the roles that you have, for security purposes (usually All and Authenticated)
;Groups: This shows the groups that your user is a member of