Report:STN/Search History Interface/Preferences
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Preferences
STN Express offers a variety of customizable preferences. Available preference tabs under the STN Online and Results Preferences menu include:[1]
- Function keys
- Online
- Colors/Fonts/Scaling
- Links
- Layout
- Discover!
- Account
- Postprocessing
- Other
- User data
- BLAST
The screenshots below show a small sampling of the preference options available:
The General Preferences Window.
The Layout Preferences Window.
Users can access the "Preferences" page on STN Easy by selecting "Preferences" on the Navigation Frame. Within the "Preferences Page," users can:[2]
- Change your password
- Choose the language you prefer for STNEasy screens and Helps
- Activate/deactivate the Charge Back Code feature
- Set your default category of databases for Advanced Search
- Set your default patent database category in Patent Lookup search
- Set your default search mode (Easy Search, Advanced Search, CAS Number, Patent Lookup)
- Include/exclude plurals of search terms
- Include/exclude abbreviations of search terms
- Show/hide database posting counts, i.e., the number of hits, when browsing indexes
- Set the number of answers displayed automatically after each search
- Turn on/off hit-term highlighting
- Choose your default display format
- Choose your default display style
No preference options seem to be available for STN on the Web, although various Assistants can be used to customize individual searches.
Sources
- ↑ "STN Express Version 8.4 for Windows." CAS website, http://www.cas.org/ASSETS/1E5315BFABD74BAE9427954707BB55D1/winug84.pdf. Accessed July 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Preferences." STN Easy website, https://stneasy.cas.org/html/english/helps/1getstrt/1Fprefs.htm. Accessed July 25, 2011.
