User Defaults for Viewers

User defaults are a set of options that drive the basic user experience for Viewers. These defaults specify settings relating to the apps, such as the default open action for presentations in the CMS. When you reset your defaults, you are only changing these settings for yourself.

Tip: To return to the Viewer home page, click the Home icon at the top-left of the page.

User Defaults panel

Accessing your User Defaults

To open the User Defaults panel:

  1. From the Home Page, click User Settings at the top-right (purple arrow above).

    2. The System Info panel opens.

  2. Click the User Defaults tab (green arrow above) to switch to the User Defaults view .

    3. This is where you will define your User Defaults. Note that your initial defaults are set up by your administrator and changes in this view only affect your own defaults.

  3. Specify your defaults as described below.

Restore User Defaults

Use the Restore Defaults option (orange arrow above) to reset your User Defaults to match those specified for all users of your type, by your Administrator.

Note: This action "restores" the settings to match those that are currently defined in the Admin Console, which may not match your User Defaults on creation.

Default Options

  • Presentation Dashboard Launcher: Indicates how presentations should "load up" when they are opened from the content manager:
    • Slides View Mode: With this option set, clicking a presentation in the CMS opens a preview showing thumbnails of all slides in the presentation. Selecting any slide in that preview opens the runtime presentation with the selected slide as the first page.
    • Direct: With this option set, clicking a presentation in the CMS opens the runtime presentation at its first page.
  • Default Content View: Indicates which view of the content manager should be shown when the user first accesses the content system.

Related information

You can access the System Info panel from the User Defaults panel. The system info panel allows you to view and configure some of your own user details. For more information, see System Info for Viewers.