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Bonsai Outliner for Windows > Settings > General

This is the general tab of the settings dialog.

 

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Setting

Description

Enter key splits item text into two items

When unchecked, a return graffiti stroke or enter key will start a new item without changing the item where the caret is placed.  When checked, the title of the current item is split at the caret location to create the new item.  This operation is similar to a word processor.

Sort No Date to the end of list

Controls how the 'No Date' value is sorted in relation to other dates.

Show Simple items when filtering on status.

Normally, a simple item will not match a filter that uses an item status since it does not have a status. Check this option to cause Simple items to match any status filter state.

Show notes on right

Controls whether the notes pane is shown on the bottom or the right of the window

Use MS Office 2003 look and feel

Bonsai supports 2 styles; MS Office 2003 and XP.

Outline tabs

When checked, Bonsai will display tabs for all the open outlines.

Large toolbars

Check this option to use a larger set of toolbar icons.  This is useful on some screen resolutions.

Show tooltips for icon columns

When checked Bonsai will display a tip pop up when the mouse is moved over a category or keyword icon.

Append space after inserted date/time

When checked Bonsai will insert a trailing space when using the insert date or time commands.

Auto-save outline every x minutes

Enables the auto-save feature to save any modified outlines. The auto-save occurs periodically as configured by the minutes setting. The outline changes are saved to a temporary file with a .OTB extension. The auto-save file is deleted when the outline is saved. Whenever an outline is opened and an auto-save file is found, the user is prompted for which version of the outline should be opened.

Icons

Displays the name of the icon file for the current user. The icon resource file for Palm OS users is determined by the Bonsai conduit during synchronization and cannot be changed. The desktop only user can edit the icon file name.

Week starts on

This setting affects filter operation for options that deal with end of week, or a week range. It also affects the display of month calendar dialogs