Editors Tab

Use the Editors tab to set the default application the desktop client will use for browsing and editing each type of item or request.

Editors Tab

Field

Description

Rules and Guidelines

Category

Select to specify editors for Items or Requests.

Your selection affects all other fields in this dialog box.

Default

Type the pathname to the default editor for the category you specified above, or click the Browse buttonBrowse_button.gif to find it.

Optional.

Recommended in order to avoid the following error message: "default editor has not been set".

Override Windows default editor

Select this option if you want the default editor to be used even when there is a Windows default editor for an item format. If you do not select this option, the editor selected as default will only be used when there is no default Windows editor for an item format.

Not applicable for requests.

Description

Type the pathname to the description editor for the category you specified above, or click the Browse button Browse_button00008.gif to find it.

 

List of item formats or request types.

Select a format or type, then populate the remaining fields in this dialog box, as described below.

 

Editor

Type the pathname to the editor for the selected item format or request type, or click the Browse button Browse_button00009.gif to find it.

 

Reset to Defaults

Select an item format or request type, and click to reset the current editor to the default editor for that format or type.

 

Related Topics

Assigning Editors and Browsers

Preferences Dialog Box

Display Fonts Tab

Associations Tab

Miscellaneous Tab

User Interface Tab

Tip Conflict Options Tab

Personal Library Cache Tab