General
Here admins can select some preferences on document settings:
| Comment navigation in the reader | Allows you to select whether you would like readers to be able to navigate between pages with editor comments. Likewise, you can set it up so that readers can navigate between pages with editor comments that have been marked as important. |
| Text: Empty page | Insert the text that you would like to show on empty pages here. |
| Text: Uncontrolled document | Insert the text that you would like to show as watermark when printing the document here. |
| Include username in watermark |
If selected, the username of the user exporting the document will be included in the watermark |
| Include time stamp in watermark | If selected, the time stamp of the export will be included in the watermark |
| Word export | If selected, allows editors to export documents in Word format. |
| Highlight additions for readers | If selected, highlights new content in the latest revision. |
| Show revision bar for page numbers | If selected, shows a revision bar next to the changed page number. |
| Allow readers to submit change requests | If selected, readers can submit change requests to editors. |
| Allow user comments by default for manuals | If selected, the default setting for manuals is to allow comments from all users |
| Allow change requests by default for manuals | If selected, the default setting for manuals is to allow change requests for all users. |
| Allow removal of Revision Bars | If selected, revision bars can be removed from manuals. |
| Allow admins to delete archived documents | If selected, users can permanently delete archived documents. |
| Disable text selection in Reader | If selected, users are unable to create text highlights. |
| Allow document to be locked for review |
If selected, gives the possibility to the Admin and Document Owner to lock the document during the review process |
Tags
Allows you to create groups of documents and tag them according to your own criteria in order to highlight their importance and make them more easily accessible. By clicking on the Add group button, you can create a group tag, and you can add sub-tags by indicating the name and clicking on Add. You can remove or replace tags by clicking on the trash bin icon in correspondence with each.
For more information on how to create a tag and why click here.
Editor
Allows you to enable/disable Editor tools. Note that if a tool is enabled, it can be used by all editors.
| Enable heading 7 (and 8) | if selected, users can create headings 7 & 8. |
| Heading aliases | if selected, users can replace the automatic chapter numbering with a manually written one. |
| Horizontal Rule | if selected, users can add a horizontal line in the text. |
| Page Background | if selected, users can add a page background. |
| Source | if selected, users will have the possibility to click on the source and modify it. |
| Spell Checker | if selected, users will have the spell checker enabled. |
| Enable abbreviation autocomplete | if selected, when users type at least 2 capital letters in a row, it will give the possibility to create or link an abbreviation. |
| Vertical text | if selected, users can change the orientation of their text from horizontal to vertical. |
| Automatically apply page labels on chapters | if selected, when a user adds a page label to the first page of a chapter, all pages in that chapter will have this label applied as well. |
| Font size, text color, text background color, font style, font weight, and line height | if selected, users can click on those options and modify the layout and style of the text. |
Layouts
Allows you to select the default layout for your documents and the layouts that editors can choose from.
Structures
Allows you to select your documents' default structure and the structures editors can choose from.
Modules
Allows you to choose which modules should be available to editors.
Page Labels
Allows you to create labels that can be applied to pages and chapters in your documents. Each label can be customized by clicking on the expand arrow. Click on Add Label to add a new label and on the trash bin icon in order to remove one.
Document Types
These are a set of settings that apply to all documents of a type. For a detailed description of the settings see the paragraph below. You can add a document type by clicking on Add. The number of documents using the document type is specified next to each document type.
| Name | Name of the document type. |
| Active | Select if the document type is active. If it is inactive, editors cannot use it. |
| Default | If default is set to yes, the document type will be used in all documents created unless specified otherwise. |
| Send reminder every | How often reminders for new revisions of the document should be send to the readers. The frequency can always be changed on a document level. |
| Warning even pages in document | These warnings indicate that the document is lacking empty pages that are necessary for printing purposes (e.g. empty page after front page). These warnings can be disabled if documents are only read digitally. |
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Warning Page Overflows |
Indicates that the content of a page exceeds the maximum capacity of the page. |
| Allow reader printing | Allows readers to print documents. |
| Allow reader printing without watermarks | Allows readers to print documents without watermarks. |
Incremental naming
Allows setting a predetermined format for the document and revision names.
Example: "Title {number:3}" gives the document or revision name: "Title 001" counting recursively for each document or revision applied.
Example: "Title {date}" gives the name of the document or revision: "Title 23-03-15" depending on the date the document or revision was applied.
Design
| Default layout | Select the layout of the document. |
| Default design | Select the default design of the document. |
| Default structure | Select the default structure of the document. |
| Show page label | If a label is applied to the page, select where it should show. |
| Page numbering format | Select the page numbering format of the document. |
| Heading numbering | Select the heading numbering format of the document. Note that if you select 1.0.0, for example, only headings up until heading 3 will be numbered. |
| Apply page numbers only to chapter pages |
If selected, page numbers will be applied only to chapter pages. |
| Single page document | If selected the document will be a one-page only. |
| Track changes | Select whether or not the document should track changes from previous revisions. |
| Dual locale | Allows having a default two-column structure in where the content of each column is written in a different language but their headings numbers are the same. |
Workflow
Allows you to create and manage Workflows, which are the processes that documents need to go through in order to be edited, reviewed, approved and published. The workflow selected as default is indicated by the flag icon.
| Workflow | Select the workflow that the document should follow. |
| Custom Workflow security | If set to yes, enables managing the Roles inside each workflow step. |
| Allow Document specific Workflow security | If set to yes, enables overwriting the workflow security settings under Editor/Review Access. |
In order to add a new workflow, you should click on Add, and then give it a name and a colour for its first step. You should then select the User Types and/or Roles that should be part of this step. If a user is a part of a workflow step, they can move the document to the next step. In order to add more steps, click on Add Status. Note that once a Workflow is in use, its structure cannot be modified any longer.
Security settings
| Requires password | If enabled, the user that wants to move the document to the next step of the workflow needs to insert the correct password in order to proceed. |
| Requires approval by all reviewers | If enabled, the document needs to be approved by at least one user belonging to each Role/User Type present in the step before it is moved to the next step. |
| Requires four eyes policy | If enabled, the document needs to be approved by two users in order to be moved to the next step. |