The Environment configuration options are organized into the following subcategories:
| General | Workbench startup options | 
| Template | Options for configuring the File > New dialog box and an interface for adding file templates | 
| Version Control | An interface for defining version control system commands | 
| Build | Used to determine what actions AcuBench performs before parsing, building/compiling, and executing | 
| Debug | Defines some AcuBench integrated debugger behavior | 
| Keyboard | An interface for assigning keyboard shortcuts to workbench commands and changing existing shortcuts | 
| Prefix | Defines the default folder names and file locations associated with new projects | 
| Miscellaneous | Options that control how the COPYPATH variable is defined, and whether an imported source file is automatically converted to an AcuBench program |