Advanced tailoring: General
These default settings apply to all the surveys used in Snap XMP Desktop.
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The General tab allows you to set the default settings for the way Snap XMP Desktop opens.
Option | Description |
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Initial window to display | Select the window that displays when you open a survey. The default is the Questionnaire window. You can also select None. |
Default publication | Select the default edition when you create a new survey. |
Separate code lists using | Enter the text used between variables for text substitution with multiple variables. For example, “and” gives code1, code2 and code 3 |
Auto generated label length | This is the default length for code labels |
Don’t paste special unicode characters | When this is selected special Unicode characters will not be pasted in the Variables and Variable Details windows. This is on by default. |
Use colours in export to RTF | Include colours when exporting to rich text format files |
Limit printed reports to a maximum number of pages | This limits a printed report to a maximum number of pages, which is helpful for reports that contain many literal responses. The default is 500. |