There are many different attribute settings. Customers and products can have different ones. What do ALL of these mean? what do all of these do? So, if you are caught in a place where you need to know what settings like apply_to, Is_html_allowed_on_front, filterable, multiline_count, etc does. Then, this tutorial explains these and provides many pictures of exactly what these settings do. These are good to know because what if you want your attribute to appear in the search, the layered navigation, or appear as a criterea for discounts. These advanced settings allow you to do this and much more.
