Preferences

Preferences Main

General

Show at Start: Decide what Merlin will prompt you with when starting.

Position of Inspector: Choose whether you want the inspector to be part of Merlin's main window or a separate dialog.

Inspector Controls: Choose the size of the controls within the Inspector window.

External changes to file elements: Choose desired behavior when external file elements have changed.

Autosave projects after x seconds of inactivity: Activate the automatic saving of a project and define the intervals in which Merlin saves the project. Auto save will only function when the project has been saved at least once.

Show flags as shapes Toggle between colored flags or colored shapes. This is ideal if you have difficulty distinguishing the flags colors.

External editor: Select your preferred text editor.

Priorities

Merlin differentiates among five priorities. For each priority you can define your own title. You can either choose to leave the values from "Very low" to "Very high," or change them from "A to E" or maybe even "I, II, III ....".

Sharing

Sharing Name: The name of the server that will show up when people locate your machine on the local area networking using Bonjour.

Project Sharing TCP Port #: The port Merlin server will offer its connection for other Merlin users. This port can be given to the system administrator to configure the firewall appropriately so remote users, over the internet, can connect.

Port Forwarding: if checked, Merlin will attempt to configure the port forwarding of the firewall using UPNP protocol.

Web Sharing TCP Port #: The port Merlin server will offer its connection for other web browsers. This port can be given to the system administrator to configure the firewall appropriately so remote users, over the internet, can connect.

Port Forwarding: if checked, Merlin will attempt to configure the port forwarding of the firewall using UPNP protocol.

Licenses

In here you can manage all your Merlin licensing. You can add new licenses by dragging the license key to the table. Alternatively you can click on the "Add" button and enter the license key number or import an existing license file. However, the easiest way to transfer the license key to Merlin is by dragging and dropping the license key onto the Merlin application icon.

The individual columns display the following information:

License: Title of the product.
Seats: The number of users that can use Merlin at the same time.
Expires: Expiration date for the license
Owner: The name of the owner to whom the license is registered to.

With a click on the "Buy" button, you will be forwarded to our web shop where you can purchase additional Merlin licenses.

If your license is not yet personalized, click onto the "Register" button to enter your name. The entered information will be added to your license and sent to ProjectWizards.

Updates

We recommend leaving the "check for updates at startup" enabled. This will ensure that your Merlin version is always the latest and greatest. You can also select the interval between checks. This way it is possible to define either daily, weekly or monthly.

To read the latest release notes, click on the Symbol.

Library

Here you determine the behavior and content of Merlin's library.

You can choose the languages the library should offer during use. If you want to only view English documents available in the Library then simply deactivate the "German" language entry.

As a project manager you will most likely have your own set of documents and files which you often use in your own projects. To be able to access these files directly in the Library without having to drag them into the Library, you can simply add the directory to the list with the help of the "Add" button. All the contents will be categorized by Merlin and displayed in the Library.

You can also choose the location where you want the library to save any items you drag & drop on it. This is important if you wish to collect all your project snippets into one location.

Show and Reload library will help you examine the effects of your changes to the library.