Configuring an Alternate Editor, Merge, or Comparison Utility

You can specify an alternate editor, merge utility, and comparison utility to use in the application if you don't want to use the default tools for those functions.

  1. Choose Tools > Personal Options to open the Personal Options dialog box.
  2. Click the File tab.
  3. Check one or more types of alternate applications you want to use: Editor, Merge Utility, and Comparison Utility.
  4. Type or browse to the path for executable file for each selected application.
  5. Type any options you want to use in the Options text boxes for the selected applications.
  6. Click OK.
Note: For non-Microsoft Windows systems, specify a command to use for launching files in an alternate application in the Open with... text box on the File or Folder tab in the Personal Options dialog box.
Parent topic: Configuring Your Client