Setting personal preferences

Although most aspects of Meridian Web Client behavior are controlled by a system administrator, you can modify some options to suit your own preferences.

To set your personal preferences:

In the context bar, click your name, and then click the Preferences. Or select Preferences from the Miscellaneous section of the document, folder, or selection context menus. The Change Preferences page appears.

Select options using the descriptions in the following table and click OK.

Personal preference options
Option	Description
Use Oracle AutoVue Client/Server deployment to view documents	Replaces the viewer with the AutoVue Client/Server (Java applet) viewer. Your organization must have an available AutoVue rendering server and AutoVue application server to use this option. Consult a system administrator for the URLs to type for this option.
Use PDFTron viewer to view PDF documents	Select this option to view PDF renditions with the built-in PDFTron viewer. This option overrides whatever other viewer is set as the default viewer.
Enable Web Access client components	Select this option if Meridian Web Client components are installed on your PC. Click Viewer Options to set your personal preferences for the viewing window. For more information, see Changing viewers.
Use site cache	Select this option if a system administrator has configured a site cache server for the users at your location and has given you the URL to enter to enter as described in Configuring local workspace. Meridian Application Integration must be installed on your PC.
View renditions	Displays the rendition of the selected document in the viewer by default instead of the source file.
Create thumbnails on import of document	Generates thumbnail images of new documents you upload to the vault.
Update thumbnails when releasing Quick Change	Refreshes thumbnail images of documents you upload after making changes.
Remember location in vault between sessions	When you start a new Meridian Web Client session, opens the vault to the last document you viewed.
Show ribbon menu	Shows horizontal ribbon style menus similar to the Microsoft Office applications instead of vertical classic menus and the toolbar. For more information about the appearance of the menus, see About the Meridian Web Client. Note Enabling this setting is not compatible with the UseStaticTree registry setting enabled as described in the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.
Current time zone	Select your local time zone so that time data is displayed correctly.
Use custom color scheme	Displays the Meridian Web Client using an alternate color scheme. Select a scheme from the list. For information about customizing the available color schemes or creating new ones, see the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Configuration Guide.

Personal preference options

Option

Description

Use Oracle AutoVue Client/Server deployment to view documents

Replaces the viewer with the AutoVue Client/Server (Java applet) viewer. Your organization must have an available AutoVue rendering server and AutoVue application server to use this option. Consult a system administrator for the URLs to type for this option.

Use PDFTron viewer to view PDF documents

Select this option to view PDF renditions with the built-in PDFTron viewer. This option overrides whatever other viewer is set as the default viewer.

Enable Web Access client components

Select this option if Meridian Web Client components are installed on your PC.

Click Viewer Options to set your personal preferences for the viewing window. For more information, see Changing viewers.

Use site cache

Select this option if a system administrator has configured a site cache server for the users at your location and has given you the URL to enter to enter as described in Configuring local workspace. Meridian Application Integration must be installed on your PC.

View renditions

Displays the rendition of the selected document in the viewer by default instead of the source file.

Create thumbnails on import of document

Generates thumbnail images of new documents you upload to the vault.

Update thumbnails when releasing Quick Change

Refreshes thumbnail images of documents you upload after making changes.

Remember location in vault between sessions

When you start a new Meridian Web Client session, opens the vault to the last document you viewed.

Show ribbon menu

Shows horizontal ribbon style menus similar to the Microsoft Office applications instead of vertical classic menus and the toolbar. For more information about the appearance of the menus, see About the Meridian Web Client.

Note Enabling this setting is not compatible with the UseStaticTree registry setting enabled as described in the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.

Current time zone

Select your local time zone so that time data is displayed correctly.

Use custom color scheme

Displays the Meridian Web Client using an alternate color scheme. Select a scheme from the list. For information about customizing the available color schemes or creating new ones, see the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Configuration Guide.

Related concepts

About the Meridian Web Client

Understanding the menus

About read only Web Access

Related tasks

Configuring browser security

Opening a vault

Navigating to a document

Finding documents

Showing project copies WA

Creating a folder

Creating documents