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hmTitle:"Startup Options",
hmDescription:"Startup options When Beyond Compare starts up, it normally shows the Home view.  To have the program automatically start up with the same sessions that were open the last time...",
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hmBreadCrumbs:"<a href=\"settings_reference.html\">Settings Reference<\/a> &gt; <a href=\"dlgprogoptions.html\">Program Options<\/a>",
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hmHeader:"<h1 class=\"p_Heading1\"><span class=\"f_Heading1\">Startup Options<\/span><\/h1>\n\r",
hmBody:"<p class=\"p_Subtitle\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">Startup options<\/span><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">When Beyond Compare starts up, it normally shows the Home view.  To have the program automatically start up with the same sessions that were open the last time you used Beyond Compare, specify the same workspace name in the <span class=\"f_Command\">Load workspace<\/span> and <span class=\"f_Command\">On Exit, save workspace as<\/span> edits.  In the <span class=\"f_Command\">Session<\/span> menu, you can also use the <span class=\"f_Command\">Save Workspace As<\/span> and <span class=\"f_Command\">Load Workspace<\/span> commands for further control.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">When you start Beyond Compare with a pair of files specified, the program can display a dialog with a comparison summary, rather than taking the time to display the entire side-by-side comparison.  To preface a file comparison with the Quick Compare dialog:<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Hanging\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 1.5000rem; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1.5000rem;margin-left:-1.5000rem\">1.<\/span>Mark the <span class=\"f_Command\">When starting with file comparison, show quick compare dialog<\/span> checkbox.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Hanging\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 1.5000rem; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1.5000rem;margin-left:-1.5000rem\">2.<\/span>Pick <span class=\"f_Command\">Binary quick compare<\/span> to perform a byte-by-byte comparison, or <span class=\"f_Command\">Rules-based quick compare<\/span> to use the file format settings appropriate for the specified files.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Hanging\" style=\"text-indent: 0; padding-left: 1.5000rem; margin-left: 0;\"><span class=\"f_Normal\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1.5000rem;margin-left:-1.5000rem\">3.<\/span>Mark the <span class=\"f_Command\">Open view automatically if files are different<\/span> checkbox if you want the dialog to only appear when the files match.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Subtitle\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">To run Clipboard Compare on Windows startup <\/span><img style=\"margin:0;width:1.0000rem;height:1.0000rem;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/windows.png\"\/><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Mark the <span class=\"f_Command\">Run Clipboard Compare on Windows startup<\/span> checkbox.  The <a href=\"bcclipmain.html\" class=\"topiclink\">Clipboard Compare<\/a> is a small system tray application that can be used to compare recent Windows clipboard entries.<\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Subtitle\"><span class=\"f_Subtitle\">To add Beyond Compare to Explorer\'s right-click menu <\/span><img style=\"margin:0;width:1.0000rem;height:1.0000rem;border:none\" src=\".\/images\/windows.png\"\/><\/p>\n\r<p class=\"p_Normal\">Mark the <span class=\"f_Command\">Include Beyond Compare in Explorer context menu<\/span> checkbox.  Pick any of the optional commands listed in the table to include it in the <a href=\"bcshellex.html\" class=\"topiclink\">context menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\r"
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