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Options dialog box

 

 

You can change many of the settings that affect Ellié Computing Merge in the Options dialog box. To access this dialog box select Options... from the Edit menu or click on the  in the toolbar.

Layout of the Options dialog box

The Options dialog box is divided into two parts: a navigation pane with a tree on the left and a page display area on the right. The navigation pane contains categories, such as Display, Text Comparisons, and Application. Click on an item in the hierarchy to display the corresponding page of options.

Clicking on Apply or OK in the Options dialog box saves all Options settings, including settings made on other pages. Clicking Cancel  on any Options dialog box page cancels all change requests, including those made on other pages. Both Cancel and OK  buttons close the dialog box.

Clicking on Cancel  cancels all changes in all categories of the dialog box. No changes are saved in any category.

The Import and Export  buttons let you copy settings displayed in the current page (or all the pages of the current options set) from/to the specified configuration. You can import settings from the Factory Settings, or one of the options set. You can export settings to any existing options set or a new options set. Imported options are not saved immediately, you can click on the Cancel button to undo the settings copy action. However, exported options are exported immediately, a confirmation box ensures that you do not click inadvertedly.

Obtaining help in the Options dialog box

To see documentation for any page in the Options dialog box, go to the page and press F1 or click on the Help button.

For information on	See
Application global options	Application Options
FTP, Proxy, Firewall options	FTP Options
Default sets of options to start Comparisons	Options Sets
General display options, colours and markers	Display Options
Text edition options and character encoding	Edition Options
Customizable converters to preprocess files	Converters
Text file comparisons available options	Text Comparisons Options
Image file comparisons and display options	Image Comparisons Options
Folder display, comparisons options, and filters	Folder Comparisons Options
Text, Image and Folder comparisons reports options	Reports Options
FTP options, Firewall / Proxy usage	FTP Options
Source Code Controls	Tools, Mappings