Prompt to save changes on exit -
When checked, you will always be prompted to save your Sound List changes when you close the program or attempt to create a New list. Uncheck it if you don't care to be warned.
Display time of day clock -
When checked, the time of day clock (with a seconds counter) is displayed on the program status bar.
Show tooltips -
When checked, tooltip help text is displayed for toolbar buttons when the mouse hovers over a button.
Find: Match case -
When checked, causes Find to use a case sensitive match on the specified search string.
Show Ids -
When checked, Sound Items and automation Scripts will display the unique item id. Generally only useful for diagnostics if scripts are not working as expected.
Log file maximum size -
You can change the size of the program log and error message file. The program will automatically clear the log once it reaches this limit. (valid range is 50K - 1Megabytes). There is generally no need to change this unless you want to keep a longer record of session log messages.
Display precision for milliseconds -
Specifies how many decimal places of precision to show for milliseconds where times are displayed. Zero (0) implies no precision and no milliseconds are displayed. 1,2 and 3 imply showing tenths (01.5), hundreths (01.56) and thousandths (01.567) respectively. This is simple truncation, no rounding.
Classifiers Labels
Group Hierarchy - The Group Hierarchy provide a way to group Sound Items logically into a 3 level hierarchy for Sorting. The Theater Hierarchy theme, "Act", "Scene", "Page", is an obvious example. You can Pick a Theme of Hierarchy labels or Edit a Custom Hierarchy theme. Numeric values (numbers) work best for sorting, but you can input letters as well (ie A, B, C, etc). Note that roman numerals do not sort well.
Category - Set the Category defaults here which are used when creating a new Sound List or to replace categories stored in a Sound List. Category provides a way to group Sound Items into groups by type (ex. Sound-Cue, Music, Announcement). You can Edit Custom values or reset to factory Defaults. The list can be sorted on Category.
Maximum outputs -
The maximum number of Outputs Groups based on your program license (16 is the default). Click Change to change the value. You are prompted for an authorization code. Contact Support if you need more Outputs to receive and authorization code. (fee applies).
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