Preferences

Settings such as the text size, whether the word list is displayed or not and the default display formats are user-definable. The settings can be changed via the Preferencesscreen, which is accessed by clicking the Preferences link on the top menu.

Change the values as required, then click Save. Click Reset to default to return the settings to those set up for your Enquiry group. If you are logged on, any changes will apply next time you log on. If you are not logged in, any changes will apply for the current sessions only.

• Default summary display - This is the default display format used for the summary results, i.e. it is the display format first in the list of formats available for selection from the search pages, and will be the display format used unless another is manually selected.
• Default detailed display - This is the default display format used for the detailed results, i.e. it is the display format first in the list of formats available for selection from the search pages, and will be the display format used unless another is manually selected.
• Default summary export - This is the default display format used when printing, downloading or emailing records using a Summary display format. Other display formats can be selected at the time of printing/downloading/emailing.
• Default detailed export - This is the default display format used when printing, downloading or emailing records using a Detailed display format. Other display formats can be selected at the time of printing/downloading/emailing.
• Default sort order - This is the default sort order used for search results.
• Default precision - This is the precision setting which will be used for all searches, unless a differnet precision has been selected via search results.
• Default theme - This is the default colour theme used.
• Maximum hits displayed - This shows the maximum number of hits which can be displayed for each search. Searches which return a greater number of hits will still be sorted, provided the number of hits is less than that set for the Maximum hits sorted field. It is not possible to change this value from this page.
• Maximum hits sorted - This shows the maximum number of hits which can be sorted for each search. Any searches where the results contain a greater number of records will not be sorted. It is not possible to change this value from this page.
• Favourite lists limit - This is the maximum number of saved lists allowed. It is not possible to change this value from this page.
• Favourite searches limit - This is the maximum number of saved searches allowed. It is not possible to change this value from this page.
• History limit - This is the number of searches saved to the search history. When this maximum is reached, the oldest search will be deleted as each new search is added.
• Results per page - This is the number of records to display in the Summary results page.
• Text size (%) - This is the default text size as a percentage of the standard text size.
• Show word list - If this tickbox to ticked, the wordlist is displayed when search terms are entered in the Search boxes.
• Detailed results on a single hit - If this tickbox is ticked, then searches which retrieve only one record are displayed using a Detailed display format.
• Show search hints - If this tickbox is ticked, search hints which have been set up for specific search terms will be displayed on the Search results page when a search phrase includes these terms. If this tickbox is not ticked, the search hints will be suppressed.
• Use Advanced search by default - If this tickbox is ticked, the Advanced search will be automatically selected when the reader selects the Search option.