Deselecting the inline text edit box commits changes:

If this option is not checked (default) changes made to an inline edit box are discarded if you leave the edit box without explicitly committing the changes. This happens for instance if you click outside the current edit box.

If this option is checked changes are committed if you leave the current inline edit box.

Enter key commits changes in the inline edit box:

If this option is not checked (default) pressing ENTER will insert a line break (a.k.a. newline) in an inline edit box. To commit the changes you should hit CTRL+ENTER.

If this option is checked ENTER will not insert a line break. It commits the changes as if you pressed CTRL+ENTER.

Clear Selection after creating or editing an annotation

This option makes ELAN clear the selection after creating or editing an annotation

Create new annoations on the dependent tiers when a new annoation is created

If this option is selected, annotations on dependent tiers are created automatically when a annotation on a independent(parent) tier is created. By default , this option is not selected.

Creates annotations aligned with video frames

When annotations are created, they can be aligned with the video frames by selecting this option.

Snap Annotations

If this option is checked, you can specify the maximum value to snap annotations in (ms).

Media navigation: Frame forward and frame backward jump to begin of next or previous frame:

If this option is not checked (default) clicking the frame forward button (see Section 4.3.14) will put the crosshair forward by the amount of ms in one frame. So if the crosshair is in the middle of a frame, clicking frame forward will put the crosshair in the middle of the next frame. The same goes for frame backward.

If this option is checked the crosshair is put at the beginning of the next (or previous) frame no matter where it is in the current frame.

Video display:

Media location: Set default directory for media files

Click Browse... to set a default directory. ELAN searches this directory for a media file if it fails to find it using the absolute or relative path the .eaf file refers to or the same directory the .eaf file is in.

Check The document's Changed flag is set when the media location has changed if

When copying the current time, use the format

Click on the list box to select the format of the time, when the current time of the media is copied.

Check the metadata keys you want to display in the Metadata tab in the main window by default. (See also Section 4.3.9.)

Use screen menu bar: if checked ELAN will use the screen menu bar in Mac OS

Use Mac Look and Feel: if checked ELAN will use the Mac OS Look and Feel. Otherwise a platform independent (i.e. Java) look and feel is used. Note that if the option Use screen menu bar is checked, ELAN will use the Mac Look and Feel, even if you have Use Mac Look and Feelunchecked.

Media Framework: Select either Cocoa QT or Quicktime for Java

Use detached media window: if checked ELAN will show the media in a separate window by default.

Media Framework: Select either Native Windows Media Player (WMP), QuickTime for Java or Java Media Framework

Click on Browse... to browse to and select the directory where ELAN should look for preference files by default.

Number of recent items: select the number of recent edited item ELAN should remember.

Tooltips: if checked ELAN will show tooltips with information about the data or about the functionality of ELAN, depending on the position of the mouse cursor.

Subtitles: select the number of Subtitle Viewers you wish to display in the Subtitle tab.

Timeline:

Select Viewers

If the video is placed in the center, then it is possible to select which viewers should be shown in the left and right pane of the video. Select either Left to the video or Right to the video for each viewer. The order of the viewer in the table also determines their sort order in the tab pane. To sort the viewers use the buttons Move Up and Move Down to rearrange their sort order.