5.2.3 Configure Workspace Defaults Dialog Box

Getting there

Open the InfoConnect Workspace Settings dialog box.

The steps depend on your user interface mode.

Ribbon	From the File menu or the InfoConnect button , click InfoConnect Workspace Settings (under the Recent Documents list).
InfoConnect Browser	On the InfoConnect menu, choose Settings and then InfoConnect Workspace Settings.
TouchUX	Tap the Gear icon and then select InfoConnect Workspace Settings.
Classic MDI	From the Options menu, select Global Preferences.

Click Configure Workspace Defaults.

Configure the actions to perform when the InfoConnect workspace opens or closes and preferences for automatically saving session document files.

Workspace

When starting workspace	Specify whether to display the New or Open dialog box or to run an action when InfoConnect starts. NOTE:When a workspace is opened by double-clicking on a session document file, this setting is not applied. (The workspace opens without displaying a dialog box or running an action.)
	Select this	To do this
	Show New dialog	Display the New dialog box used to choose which type of session to configure.
	Show Open dialog	Display the Open dialog box used to choose a session document file.
	Show nothing	Open the workspace without displaying a dialog box.
	Run Startup action	Set up an action (for example, a startup macro) that is performed when InfoConnect starts.
Select Action	Open the Select Action dialog box used to specify actions (available only when Run Startup Action is selected).
When closing a document	Specify what you want done with any changed settings when you close a document.
	Select this	To do this
	Save document settings automatically	Save the modified version of the session document and any related files without any additional prompt. If one of the modified files is a built-in file, a copy of the built-in file is saved in your user data directory.
	Ask me to save document settings	Specify where to save the modified version of the session document and any related files at the time you choose to create it.
	Discard document settings	Discard any changes to the session document and any related files.
Show Start Page after workspace opens	Displays a gallery of recent documents.
Exit workspace when last document closed	Automatically exit InfoConnect after the last document (session or Web page) in the workspace is closed.
Clear clipboard when closing workspace	When selected, any data that may have been copied to the Clipboard is cleared when the workspace is closed.
Hide built-in templates for new documents	When selected, only user-defined templates are available from the Create New Document dialog box.
Show Document Switcher with Ctr+Tab	When selected, pressing the Ctr+Tab displays a document switcher that can be used to tab through the open documents.
Open documents in same workspace	When sessions are opened by double-clicking on session document files, the sessions all open in the same workspace.
Prompt for disconnect	Prompt to confirm whether to disconnect a session when a session is disconnected manually or by closing the session or the workspace.
Save session as compound document	Save sessions by default as compound documents. Compound documents include all customizations (such as keyboard maps and themes) associated with the session. If you open a session that was created before enabling this setting and make changes to the session, the session will be saved as a compound document at that time. However, if you make changes to a referenced file, such as a keyboard map, and don’t change the session itself, the change will be saved to the external keyboard map file and the session will continue to reference that file.

Maximum number of Recent Documents to show	Specify the maximum number of recently used documents to display in the Recent Documents list on the Workspace Menu The Workspace menu contains layout options, application and document settings, and a list of recent documents. It is accessed by clicking the Filemenu (when using the ribbon user interface). .
Clear Recent Documents List	Click to remove all documents from the list.