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The settings menu was reorganised in Draftable Legal 26.6. If you are on 26.6 or later, follow the “26.6 and later” tabs below. On earlier versions, follow “Before 26.6”. To check your version, open Settings. The version number shows at the bottom-left (for example, v26.6.0).
For administrators looking to configure profiles for end users, please see Configuring Redline profiles within Group Policy

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Firstly, we need to open the settings menu, this can be done in a few ways:
  1. Open settings via the Taskbar
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    Right-click the Draftable icon in the taskbar
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    Select Settings as the 2nd option
    Selecting Settings from the Draftable taskbar icon menu
  2. Or, open the settings menu via the New Comparison Window
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    Open the New Comparison window
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    Select Settings in the top right of the window
    Selecting Settings in the top right of the New Comparison window
Once the settings menu is open, navigate to the Redline comparison settings. The profile management controls (Active Profile, Set as default, New, Rename, Export, Import and Delete) live at the top of this screen.
Select Redline Profiles under the Compare group in the left-hand menu. Profile management is at the top of the screen, with Import and New in the top right and the Active Profile dropdown, Set as default, Rename, Export and Delete below it.
The Redline Profiles settings screen in Draftable Legal 26.6, showing profile management controls at the top

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Configuring Redline settings Profiles

Below are all the different methods for creating, importing, exporting, renaming and deleting profiles from within the Redline comparison settings.
In 26.6 and later, each profile action is a dedicated button. Import and New are in the top right of the Redline Profiles screen, and Set as default, Rename, Export and Delete sit in a button row under the Active Profile dropdown. On versions before 26.6 these actions were reached through a single menu icon next to the profile dropdown.

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Creating a profile

Within the Redline comparison settings, make all the changes you require to all the different settings for your Redline comparisons. Once you have done so, create the profile.
Select New in the top right of the Redline Profiles screen.
The New button in the top right of the Redline Profiles screen in 26.6
A new window will appear so you can name the profile.
Enter a Profile name, then select Create. There is no base profile to choose: the new profile inherits the settings you currently have configured, so make your changes first and they carry into the new profile.
The New profile dialog in 26.6, with a single profile name field and a Create button
Once created, you will see the new profile appear as the Active Profile.
The new profile becomes the Active Profile at the top of the Redline Profiles screen. Open the Active Profile dropdown and you will find it grouped under Personal, alongside the built-in profiles.
The Active Profile dropdown in 26.6 showing the newly created profile under the Personal group

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Exporting a profile

Exporting saves the profile to a JSON file that you can share with teammates.
Select the profile you want to export in the Active Profile dropdown, then select Export.
Selecting the profile in the Active Profile dropdown and the Export button in 26.6
A new window will appear so you can save the profile to your desired location. Provide the file with a name and select Save.
Saving the exported profile as a JSON file from the save dialog
This will save the profile file as a JSON, with the given name.

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Importing a profile

Select Import in the top right of the Redline Profiles screen.
The Import button in the top right of the Redline Profiles screen in 26.6
File explorer will open. Navigate to the location of the profile JSON file you wish to import, select the file and click Open.
Selecting the profile JSON file to import in File Explorer
You will be given a window like the one below if the import process was successful.
Confirmation window shown after a successful profile import

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Renaming a profile

Select the profile you want to rename in the Active Profile dropdown, then select Rename.
Selecting the profile in the Active Profile dropdown and the Rename button in 26.6
A new window will appear. Rename the profile to your desired name, then confirm to apply the change.
The Rename profile dialog opens with the current name pre-filled. Edit the Profile name, then select Rename to apply the change.
The Rename profile dialog in 26.6, with the current name pre-filled and a Rename button

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Deleting a profile

The built-in profiles are read-only, so Rename and Delete are disabled while a built-in profile is active. You also cannot delete the default profile or your only remaining profile. To delete one of those, set another profile as the default first, then delete it.
Select the profile you want to delete in the Active Profile dropdown, then select Delete.
Selecting the profile in the Active Profile dropdown and the Delete button in 26.6
A confirmation dialog will appear. Select Delete if you want to confirm the deletion.
The Delete profile confirmation dialog in 26.6, asking whether to delete the selected profile
The profile will then be removed from your Draftable application.

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Setting a default profile

In 26.6 and later you can mark the active profile as the default with the Set as default button at the top of the Redline Profiles screen. The default profile is the one Draftable uses for comparisons unless you switch the active profile. When the active profile is already the default, the button reads Default profile and is disabled.
The Set as default button at the top of the Redline Profiles screen in 26.6

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Where the profile settings live in 26.6

Every setting you configure applies to the active profile. In 26.6 and later, the settings on the Redline Profiles screen are organised into accordions:
  • Appearance: change type styling (colours, highlights and text styles for insertions, deletions, moved from and moved to), table cell colours and revised line markers.
  • Word: what to compare and how Word comparisons behave.
  • Excel: how spreadsheet comparisons behave.
  • PowerPoint: how presentation comparisons behave.
  • Output: the tracked changes author used for Tracked Changes output.
For a full walkthrough of these settings, see Redline comparison settings.