Main Program Settings

INSPECTEXPRESS™ is installed with settings pre-configured to create a report right out of the box. After you get going you may want to change the way the software works by altering these settings. The home inspection software has many configurable settings and forms to control these settings. You can reach the Main Settings form by clicking the Settings button on the Settings - Data group of the toolbar menu.

Settings:

Full or Partial narrative: Select which style to use for the component descriptions. Using the partial narrative style will create a list with the type of component on the left, the descriptive separator in the middle and the selected description on the right. See Narrative Styles for more information on narrative formats.
Association Disclaimers Help: Select your standards of practice to link the appropriate standards section within the help file for each form section. Click on the '?' icon on each form to open the related section for your standards for quick reference. Check Section Disclaimer Settings for more information on the section disclaimer type.
Observation Numbering: Observations can be automatically numbered for quick reference later by selecting a numbering style.
Auto Save after writing each section: Choose to automatically save the report document as each section is written.
Prompt Place Holder @@@: Prompt to edit the placeholder symbols when writing to the document.
Archive all Edited Comments: Select to automatically archive any edited observations (see Archiving Comments for more info)
Search Forms Insertion Point: Select when using the 'Start New Inspection' form to write the template. If unchecked, report sections always be written where the cursor is placed on the document.
Table of Contents: Set styles for the Table of Contents (see Styles and Font Settings for more info).

Section Page Breaks: Choose to add page breaks to the report between each report section.
Indent report body: Indent the text in the body of the report by .5 in.
Empty Space Below Heading: Add an extra empty line below report section titles.
Empty Space Below Line: Add an extra empty line below the horizontal lines under report section titles.
Apply headers and footers: Add headers and footers according to the settings selected in the 'Header' section (described below) during report formatting.
Report Number in Gen Info: Write or omit the report number on the general information section of the report.
Insert Section Disclaimers: Include section disclaimers in the report. See Section Disclaimer Settings for more information including section disclaimers.