Project Settings

Project Settings are project specific settings and includes setting the Project's Title, Project Description, keywords to be highlighted in the Title/Abstract and Full-Text PDF document, Exclusion reasons, Managing Custom Columns for data collection, setting Primary and Secondary Researcher view, enabling PDF viewer in main application, displaying PubMed Meta Data, and enabling Duplicates mode.

Menu Access: Project > Project Settings

The Project Setting features are outlined in the following table:

Table 1. Project Settings Features
Feature	Description
Display Primary Researcher's Rating	This setting sets whether or not the Primary Researcher's Rating information will be displayed in the Main Synthesis window. This includes the "Show All Papers" for the Abstracts and Full-Text; and the ability to select Inclusion and Exclusion reasons (and add Primary Researcher comments) for the references. This feature is used in conjunction with the "Display Secondary Researcher's Rating".
Display Secondary Researcher's Rating	This setting sets whether or not the Secondary Researcher's Rating information will be displayed in the Main Synthesis window. This includes the "Show All Papers" for the Abstracts and Full-Text; and the ability to select Inclusion and Exclusion reasons (and add Primary Researcher comments) for the references. This feature is used in conjunction with the "Display Primary Researcher's Rating".
Duplicates Mode	This setting activates Duplicates Mode which is a view in the Synthesis Main Window. Duplicate references are highlighted in blue. References can be either marked as Duplicate or Not Duplicate in this setting. This feature is used to manually validate the automated indentification of duplicate references when they are being imported from bibliographical data sources.
Show PDF Viewer	This setting toggles whether or not the PDF window is displayed. This feature is used when wanting to increase the screen real-estate on smaller displays.
Show PubMed Meta Data	This setting toggles whether or not additional PubMed meta data is displayed. This additional data includes PMID, First Author Affiliation (e.g. University of Canada) Language (e.g. eng, fr, etc.), Publisher Location (e.g. Englang), Journal Name, Publication Type (e.g. Editorial, Journal Article, etc.) and Publisher ISSN.
Project Title	Field for entering the Project Title.
Project Description	Field for entering in information about the project. This field is automatically populated with subject headers for PICOD (Population, Intervention, Comparator-Control, Outcome, Design), Inclusion Criteria, Exclusion Criteria and records when any references are imported (timestamp and archive location of the input file). The Project Description field information is also accessible in the Project Information tab (see Project Information Tab) in the Synthesis main window.
Highlight Abstract Keywords	Field for entering keywords that are to be highlighted in the reference's abstract. This field is automatically populated with the following keywords to ease in the indentification of sections in the abstract: Background, Introduction, Objectives, Methods, Results, Conclusion, Conclusions, and Discussion. The Highlight Abstract Keywords field information is also accessible in the Project Information tab (see Project Information Tab) in the Synthesis main window. Notes: Wildcards are not permitted (e.g. Conclusion, Conclusions). Keywords are not case sensitive (i.e. Conclusion, conclusion are treated the same). Multiple words must be in quotations (e.g. "case control").
Highlight Full Text Keywords	Field for entering keywords that are to be highlighted in the reference's full-text PDF. The Highlight Full Text Keywords field information is also accessible in the Project Information tab (see Project Information Tab) in the Synthesis main window. Notes: Wildcards are not permitted (e.g. Conclusion, Conclusions). Keywords are not case sensitive (i.e. Conclusion, conclusion are treated the same). Multiple words must be in quotations (e.g. "case control").
Abstract Exclude Reasons	Field for entering additional Exclusion reasons at the Abstract review stage. This is related to the applciation of the Inclusion/Exclusion criteria for selecting references for inclusion in your literature review. Suggested use: Prefix the reason with "Excluded - " as this will make it easier to sort in the Synthesis Main Window. A short reason is perferrable (e.g. "Excluded - Foreign" to mark a forgeign language paper).
Full Text Exclude Reasons	Field for entering additional Exclusion reasons at the Full Text review stage. This is related to the applciation of the Inclusion/Exclusion criteria for selecting references for inclusion in your literature review. Suggested use: Prefix the reason with "Excluded - " as this will make it easier to sort in the Synthesis Main Window. A short reason is perferrable (e.g. "Excluded - Foreign" to mark a forgeign language paper).
Custom Columns	Field for managing custom columns. Custom columns are used for data collection in the Synthesis main window. Custom columsn can be Added, Renamed, Deleted, and the Display Order (i.e. Move Up, Move Down) in the Synthesis main window can be accomplished here. Suggested use: Keep custom column names short (e.g. "StudyType") Try not to use Spaces in the name (e.g. "StudyType" vs. "Study Type") Notes: Custom columns are also created through several other Synthesis features such as the AutoTag Visiable Row, Derive Meta Data, and Crate Sample Column. The ordering of Custom columns in the Synthesis main window is allowable, however, this ordering is not saved once the project is closed. To save the ordering of custom columns you will need to prefrom this task here.