Sets Preferences

The Sets Preferences contain settings for the display and control of Sets in Revu. Select Sets from the Preferences dialog box to view or modify these preferences.

To open the Preferences dialog box:

Go to Settings > Preferences or press CTRL+K.

Options

Open Document: Determines how new files in a Set should open when one file from the Set is already open in a tab. The options are:

Open In place: New documents from a Set will open in the same tab as the previous document.
New Tab: New documents from a Set will open in new tabs.
New Tab in Front: New documents from a Set will open in new tabs. Each new document will be placed to the left of all the open tabs.

Open when Edited: Determines how new files in a Set should open when one file from the Set has been edited, but not yet saved. The options are:

New Tab: Open any new documents from the Set in a new tab, keeping the last document open.
New Tab in Front: New documents from a Set will open in new tabs. Each new document will be placed to the left of all the open tabs.

Use Relative Paths: When enabled, relative paths for the files in Sets are used. Otherwise, full paths are used.

Relative paths store the location of PDFs in the Set relative to the Set's .bexThe file extension used to save Set configuration files file. See Defining an Action: Relative and Full Paths for more information about the difference between relative and full paths.

Show: Determines what data will be shown to identify documents in a Set. The options are to show file names and page labels or just one or the other, and to show sheet names and sheet numbers or just one or the other.
Thumbnail View mode	In these examples, File Name and Page Label has been selected. Where they appear depends on whether Sets is currently in Thumbnail View or List View.
	List View mode

Sort By: Determines how files will be arranged in a Set. The options are:

Page Label Only: Files will be sorted by Page Labels only.
File Name, Page Label: Files will be sorted by File Name and Page Label.
File Name, Page Index: Files will be sorted by File Name and Page Index.

Sort Order: Determines how pages with alphanumeric page labels will be arranged in a Set. The options are:

Alphabetic Descending: Sorts pages in descending order based on the first character and then the second character of its alphanumeric page label.

For example, a Set with page labels of 2, 1, 04, 3, 20 would be ordered as 3, 20, 2, 1, 04.
Alphabetic Ascending: Sorts pages in ascending order based on the first character and then the second character of its alphanumeric page label (this is the default setting).

For example, a Set with page labels of 2, 1, 04, 3, 20 would be ordered as 04, 1, 2, 20, 3.
Alphanumeric Descending: Sorts pages in descending order based on the whole number in the page label.

For example, a Set with page labels of 5.0, 50, 44.1, 40 and 4.1 would be sorted as 50, 44.1, 40, 5.0, 4.1.
Alphanumeric Ascending: Sorts pages in ascending order based on the whole number in the page label. Negative and decimal numbers will be at the beginning of the sort, and lettered page labels will appear after the numbered page labels.

For example, a Set with page labels of 5.0, 50, 44.1, 40 and 4.1 would be sorted as 4.1, 5.0, 40, 44.1, 50.

Categories

. This mode can be changed for specific Sets when they are created. The options are:

Off: Sets Categories are not used.
Manual: Sets Categories are used, but sheets added to a Set are not automatically assigned a category. All sheets being added to the Set can be assigned to a category or categories can be assigned one at a time after the sheets have been added.
Auto: Sets Categories are used and sheets are automatically assigned a category upon being added to the Set.

How Revu assigns a sheet to a category is determined by which Template is used. See Manage Templates below for a more detailed explanation of how the category templates work.

Default Template: Determines the default Sets category template that is used to categorize sheets in a Set.

Prompt for Template selection: Works in conjunction with the Auto and Manual Category modes. When selected, a dialog box will be presented during Set creation, allowing the user to choose a Category template. When not selected, the Default Template is automatically used.

Manage Templates: Opens the Set Categories: Manage Templates dialog box, which is used to edit, create, and import Sets Category Templates.

Managing Sets Category Templates:

Categories are arranged in the Set according to the sort order found here. Use the up and down buttons to adjust the sort order.

When a Set is configured to automatically assign Categories to sheets that are added, Revu compares the first letter or letters of the sheet's file name or Sheet Number tag to the values in the Filter column and, if a match is found, assigns the sheet to the corresponding Category. To change a Filter, double-click it and enter the desired value.
Multiple Filters can be assigned to the same Category. Separate multiple filters by a semi-colon (;). Some rules to consider when adding or changing Filters:
Spaces and other special characters are considered literal characters.
When a sheet can be sorted into multiple Categories, Revu will automatically choose the strongest match.

Identical filters are not allowed.

Categories can be added (click ) or removed (click ).

Save will save changes to the current template; Save As will save the configuration as a new template with a name you specify without changing the original template.
Note: Revu can be configured to prompt which template to use by enabling Prompt for Template selection in Sets Preferences.

Import allows you to import a template from a local or network drive.