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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