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Enable display number of characters for headlines in status bar

Build 1501 on 14/Nov/2017 This topic last edited on: 17/Mar/2016, at 17:25

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You may want to enable the display of headline characters counter in the status bar when editing text on the Articles main tab or on the Pages main tab.

The default setting: disabled.

The recommended setting: enable only in the case that your GN4 system uses styles that define minimum and maximum number of lines. Have in mind that in case you enable the display of headline characters, it will replace the display of words.

This data is displayed in the field #10 of the status bar.

To enable display of number of characters for headlines

1.On the Edit menu of the Articles main tab, or on the Edit menu of the Pages main tab while editing text, click Preferences.

2.On the Main tab, under Interactive justification/counter, in the Status bar ensure that is selected either Characters and words or Text height, characters and words.

3.Tick the Display number of characters for headlines.

Now, if the current paragraph is formatted by a style which defines the minimum and the maximum number of lines, the first number displayed in the field #10 will be the number of current characters in the paragraph, and the second number will be the number of required characters to fill the paragraph. If the current paragraph is not formatted, or the style doesn't define the minimum and the maximum number of lines, the first number displayed in the field #10 will be the number of characters in text, and the second number will be the number of words in text.

About saving preferences in database

When you click OK, the preferences are updated in the memory and applied right-on. GN4 will store the preference in the database when you exit application. Anyway, should your GN4 crash or exit in any other abnormal way, the preference will not be stored in database, and you will have to repeat the previously described steps.

This preference is stored in the Editorial_SystemUserConfig for the securityRef corresponding to the user name. To display that configuration, open EdAdmin4, click Client Applications, expand the search pane in the left sidebar, in the Name enter editorial, and in the securityRef select the name of the user. Double-click the Editorial_SystemUserConfig to open the content. Locate the preference by name.