Settings

Interface Settings

• Automatically Use Last Keynote File: Checking this option is recommended for those working primarily on one project. Those working on multiple projects should consider un-checking it in order to avoid waiting for the load process to complete, only to change the file and have to wait again.
• Automatically Refresh Keynotes: This option eliminates the need to manually refresh your Keynote Manager when the keynote file changes, but can be slow since it needs to reload the keynote file each time.
• Default Change Casing: This option allows you to set the automatic casing for new & edited keynotes. Keynotes can be set to default to upper, lower, sentence, or title case. The checkbox can also be cleared, which defaults to no change to the text (it will be displayed exactly as entered. Note that with lower case, only the description will be changed, any letters in the keynote number will remain capitalized.
• Keynote Font: This option allows the user to select a font and color to display and print the keynotes. As some fonts have
  different appearances and special characters, it is recommended that this font be set to match the font that Revit will be using to print the keynotes so that the appearance in Revit will be consistent with the appearance in Keynote Manager.
• Default Directory: This option allows the user to set the default location for file open and save operations. When using the open
  command or creating a new file, the dialog box will start at this location. This allows easy definition of a 'projects' directory as a base to avoid having to re-browse through several folders.

Backups

Keynote Manager will store up to 999 backups of each keynote file & comment file you open with it. Files are stored on startup, shutdown, when a new keynote file is selected, and at a specified time interval if the option is selected in the settings dialog. Backups are stored on a per user basis at "Applilcation Data\Keynote Manager\Backups" and are the original file name followed by the date and time they were saved.

Note also that these backups are on the local drive in the users application data folder, so they are user specific. Thus, the file is backed up on the computer of each team member who edits it. This creates a dispersed backup system that should allow very reliable restoration of a lost or damaged keynote file to a recent state.

Master Keynote Files

The Keynote Manager allows you to create new project keynote files based on any master text file you define here. You may define as many as you like, and you will be able to create new files based on these files by going to "File->New Keynote File Based on:" in the main Keynote Manager interface.

Spell Check

This portion of the settings dialog shows you the currently saved path of the user dictionary and the Revit dictionary, and allows you to change their location. It also allows you the option of not using the Revit dictionary & only using your custom user dictionary. See the section "Searching & Spell Check" for more information on spell checking.