View Preferences
The Readerware View Preferences tab is used to maintain your views
and change global view options.
Table View Options
Display single result in detail view
When a search returns a single item and you have selected a table view,
you have the option of displaying this item in the table view as a
single
row or in the detail view, just as if you had selected the detail view
from the table.
Check the Display single result in detail view box to
display a single result in the detail view, clear the box to display it
in the table view.
Alternate row background color
Readerware can display alternate row background colors, i.e. even
numbered rows in one color, odd numbered rows in another color.
Check the Alternate row background color box to
display alternating row background colors, clear the box to display all
rows with the standard background color.
This option is on by default on Mac OS X, it is off by default on all
other platforms.
Sorting options
Case sensitive
Readerware searches are normally case insensitive. An example of a case
insensitive sort is:
Smith, jane
Smith, John
Smith, joseph
If you check the Case sensitive box, the same
search
results would be displayed in the following sequence:
Smith, John
Smith, jane
Smith, joseph
Ignore initial articles
If the Ignore
initial articles box is checked Readerware will ignore articles
of speech at the start of a field, (A, An and The). For example:
A Murder in Mayfair
The Murder Room
Murder Scholastic
A Murder Too Many
If the Ignore
initial articles box is cleared, the same titles will be sorted
in the following sequence:
A Murder in Mayfair
A Murder Too Many
Murder Scholastic
The Murder Room
Readerware can also switch the titles for you. If you prefer to format
the title as Murder Room, The use the Readerware Replace Wizard to reformat
the title.
Strict alphabetical title sort
If the Strict
alphabetical title sort box is checked, articles of speech
found
anywhere in the title field are ignored, (A, An and The). Spacing and
punctuation are ignored, the title is sorted is strict letter by letter
spelling sequence. For example:
The Harder They Come
Hard Feelings
All spacing is eliminated and e comes before f so the titles will be
listed in the above order.
If the Strict
alphabetical title sort box is cleared, the titles would be
listed in the following sequence:
Hard Feelings
The Harder They Come
This assumes that the Ignore initial articles box is
checked.
This option is only used when sorting by title.
Detail View Options
Image Position
You can determine how the image is positioned in the detail view
window. Select from Top, Left, Bottom
or Right. The default position is at the top of
the window.
View Maintenance
To create a new view, select an existing view on which to base your new
view and click on the Copy button. You will be prompted
to
enter a name for your new view.
To rename a view, select the view in the list and click on the Rename
button. You will be prompted to enter a new name for the view. Note
that
you cannot rename one of the default views.
To delete a view, select the view in the list and click on the Delete
button. There is no confirmation, the view is removed from the list
immediately.
If you make a mistake and delete a view in error, simply hit the
preferences
Cancel
button and the view will not be deleted. Note that you cannot delete
one
of the default views.
To add or remove a column from a view, select the view in the left
list,
then select the column in the right list. Double click on any column to
toggle its status. A check mark indicates the column is included in the
view, an X indicates the column is not included in the view.
To change the order of columns in a view, select the view in the
left
list, then select the column in the right list. Use the Up/Down
arrows to change the position of the column in the view.
The Button Panel
Once you have made your changes, click on OK to save
them.
Click on Cancel to discard your changes. Note you only
have
to click on OK when you have finished all your changes,
you
can move between tabs and only click OK when you are
done.
This will close the Readerware preferences dialog.
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