General Preferences

List Behavior

Prefix Words

List Color Mode

Fonts for Lists and Data Entry

Data Entry

General Preferences

General Preferences include various settings relating to lists and data entry. To set general preferences...

  1. Choose Reunion > Preferences.
  2. Click General.

List Behavior

Update list as you type in search field - explained here.

Enable editing in the List window - explained here.

Prefix Words

Reunion lets you configure to "ignore" prefix words when sorting lists of people. Typically these words are part of a multiple-word surname such as Van Halen.

To set this option...

  1. Choose Reunion > Preferences.
  2. Click General.
  3. Make your choices in the Prefix words section.

In the above illustration, Reunion has been instructed to ignore prefix words with less than four characters. Thus, an entry such as Van Dyke will be sorted in the D section.

If you prefer that Reunion not ignore prefix words, select Sort on the entire last name and click Apply Changes. An entry in the list of people such as Van Dyke will then be sorted in the V section. I.e., the list of people will sort using complete last names.

Note: the Prefix words setting in the General Preferences also applies to...

You may have a mixture of names, some you want sorted on the prefix words, some you do not. If this is the case, you could configure the General Preferences window as shown above and then use a non-breaking space character within names you want sorted based on the prefix word. A non-breaking space character is created by typing Option-space and has the same appearance as a regular space character.

For example, if a non-breaking space is inserted between Van and Dyke, Reunion will see the entry as one word instead of two. It would then be sorted in the V section.

List Color Mode

Sidebars and lists may be viewed in one of two ways...

  1. Using color to indicate the sex of people/couples in lists.
  2. Using the standard macOS color scheme (which alternates white and light blue).

To choose the list color mode...

If Color lists by sex is selected, then colors selected in the Sex colors preference will apply to people in lists. Different colors are available for: males, females, people of unknown sex, and couples.

Fonts for Lists and Data Entry

To change the font used...

  1. Choose Reunion > Preferences.
  2. Click General.
  3. Select a font, style, and size under the heading Font for lists and data entry.

Your choice of data entry font, style, and size affects all data entry fields, sidebars, and lists; however, it is possible to override the data entry and display font choice for specific Note and Fact fields via the field definitions, explained here.

For practical purposes, the choice of font size is limited, due to the limited height of fields in data entry windows and lists.

To restore the default font selections for lists and data entry fields, click the Restore Defaults button.

Data Entry

Select Detail field after adding a source - Explained here.

Use smart quotes - Explained here.

Check spelling as you type - Explained here.

Check for duplicates when adding new people - Explained here.