Preferences - General

This dialog box appears when you choose the File > Preferences command from the main menu. It allows you to edit a number of settings that affect Publish or Perish as a whole.

Attributes

This dialog box contains the following fields and options.

Automatically check for software updates

Check this box to let Publish or Perish periodically check for software updates. If a software update is available, you will be notified and asked if you want to download and install the update.

Check for updates every this many days

Enter the number of days between the automatic update checks. This option has no effect if Automatically check for software updates is cleared.

Check now

Click this button to perform an immediate check for software updates. This is equivalent to choosing the Help > Check for Updates command from the main menu.