Each user can specify a number of preferences that control how Archie appears to them. Some user-specific settings must be able to be set by Super Users, and are therefore located on the Settings tab of each person's Properties.
To access your individual preferences, use Tools > Preferences...
You can choose which tab to display when you log in: Organizer, Resources or Search.
Use this to choose how dates are displayed.
The Default label format is the format that will be used when you generate a single label from a person or entity's Properties.
The Horizon setting determines how many weeks ahead the Calendar should display events from.
The Time Zone setting determines the default time zone that will be used for any new Calendar events you create. It does not affect the time zone used when events are displayed under Organizer, this is based on you computer's settings - see Date and time.
You have three options for how many entities are displayed in the tree view: Show all entities, Show affiliated entities only, and Show primary entity only.
Tip: you can also modify this setting with the small buttons above the Resources tree:
If you select Group by entity type There are 12 types of entites in Archie: Centre, Centre branch, Field/Network, Field/Network sub-group, Methods Group, Other, Possibel Entity, Review Group, Secretariat, Steering Group, Steering Group Advisory Group and Steering Group Subgroup., the Resources tree divides the entities by type, instead of listing all entities alphabetically (the default)
This determines which folder in the Resources tree is expanded when you log in to Archie. The default value for this is your Primary entity, but you can choose any entity in the system.
This determines how the contents of the Reviews folder is structured. The first level of ordering is through choosing the subfolders of the Reviews folder. This can be set to review stage (e.g. protocol or review), review type (e.g. intervention or overview of reviews), review status (e.g. active or withdrawn) or none. The second level of ordering allows choosing how to group reviews within the list in each folder, where the same options are available.
This determines how the contents of the Workflows folder is structured. The first level of ordering is through choosing the subfolders of the Workflows folder. This can be set to workflow type (e.g., Review Development or Protocol development), workflow title, workflow manager, workflow is overdue (e.g., Overdue or Not Overdue ) or none. The second level of ordering allows choosing how to group workflows within the list in each folder, where the same options are available.
If you run a search that has exactly one match, you can choose to automatically open the Properties for the record by checking Automatically pop up property dialog if a search has exactly one match.
This determines whether the Search tab will open to Quick search or Advanced search.
This determines the default sharing level for notes created for persons.
This determines the default sharing level for notes created for documents.