Open Settings
- Press the gear at the bottom of the library sidebar, or ⌘,. In a paper, the gear at the top left opens the reader's own settings.
- Click the gear at the top right, or press Ctrl+,.
- Tap Settings at the bottom of the library sidebar.
Settings are kept on each device; they do not travel through Mendeley or Zotero like your annotations do.
Translation and AI are not in the settings in a region or store where the feature is not offered.
iPad and Mac
| Group | What's in it | More |
|---|---|---|
| General | Language, appearance, Darken PDF pages, Reading Mode appearance, handwriting search, privacy | Handwriting search, Your data |
| Translation | Translation language, the translation model, the translation dictionary, reading ahead, translating on your PC, connecting when you are out, saving translations | Translation |
| Phone & tablet | Translating for your phone and tablet, pairing, taking requests (in the Mac version downloaded from rectoly.com) | Translate for your phone and tablet |
| AI | Where AI runs, your own API key | AI settings and your own API key |
| Sync & Backup | Watched folder, filename formatting, notes folder, iCloud backup, sharing handwriting, download notifications | Watched folder, Notes folder, iCloud backup, Sharing handwriting |
| Sync & Backup | File syncing (WebDAV), Linked files (ZotFile, ZotMoov) | Files on a WebDAV server, Files linked with ZotFile or ZotMoov |
| Sync & Backup | WebDAV server | Files on a WebDAV server |
| Data | Export data, import an archive, resolution of exported figures | Archives, Exporting figures and tables |
| Purchase | Trial, purchase, Restore purchases | Trial and purchase |
| FAQ | Frequently asked questions and Keyboard shortcuts | Keyboard shortcuts |
| Troubleshooting | Diagnostic data, search index, structure cache | Troubleshooting |
| About | Version, support, contact, legal | Updates |
The reader's settings (the gear in a paper) have Display (how papers open, two-pane arrangement, left-handed controls), Annotations & ink, Toolbar, Export (citation key format, citation style) and iCloud & sync (annotation sync and conflicts). See Reader basics, Two panes, Customizing the toolbar and Copy with page, BibTeX, citation keys.
Windows · Linux
| Group | What's in it | More |
|---|---|---|
| General | Language, appearance, Darken PDF pages, Reading Mode appearance, privacy, handwriting search | Handwriting search, Your data |
| Reader | Default view, opening the next paper beside, Page layout, toolbar, what the eye button hides, returning from 1 screen to 2 screens, Open papers cards, annotations, citation key, citation style | Reader basics, Two panes, Customizing the toolbar, Copy with page, BibTeX, citation keys |
| Reader › scanned PDFs | Text recognition for scanned pages and its languages | Scanned PDFs |
| Translation | The translation model, translating the rest of the open paper, saving translations, translation language | Translation |
| AI | Where AI runs, your own API key | AI settings and your own API key |
| Shortcuts | Change keyboard shortcuts and mouse buttons | Keyboard shortcuts |
| Sync | Watched folder, notes folder, handwriting in Mendeley or Zotero | Watched folder, Notes folder, Sharing handwriting |
| Sync | File syncing (WebDAV), Linked files (ZotFile, ZotMoov) | Files on a WebDAV server, Files linked with ZotFile or ZotMoov |
| Sync | WebDAV server | Files on a WebDAV server |
| Data | Export data, import an archive, resolution of exported figures | Archives |
| Purchase | Trial, purchase, Restore purchases, using the purchase with other accounts | Trial and purchase |
| Accounts | Add, switch and sign out of accounts | Signing in and accounts |
| Help | FAQ, What the icons mean, keyboard shortcuts | What the icons mean, FAQ |
| Troubleshooting | Diagnostic data, connection and storage check, search index, structure cache, log folder | Troubleshooting |
| Phone & tablet | Translating for your phone and tablet, pairing, taking requests, getting Rectoly for your phone or tablet | Translate for your phone and tablet |
| About | Version, where your data is kept, links | Updates |
Settings on Linux are the same, except that there is no handwriting search under General, and no scanned PDFs under Reader in the Zotero edition.
Android
| Group | What's in it | More |
|---|---|---|
| General | Appearance, Darken PDF pages, Reading Mode appearance, language, privacy, handwriting search | Handwriting search, Your data |
| Reader | Default view, default layout, Open papers cards while split, returning from one pane to two, E Ink optimisation, Page layout, Left-handed controls, annotations, tool rail, citation key, citation style, stylus | Reader basics, Touch, Apple Pencil and stylus, Copy with page, BibTeX, citation keys |
| Translation | The translation model, translation language, reading ahead, translating on your PC, connecting when you are out | Translation |
| AI | Where AI runs, your own API key | AI settings and your own API key |
| Sync & Backup | Watched folder, filename formatting, notes folder, handwriting in Mendeley or Zotero, download notifications | Watched folder, Notes folder, Sharing handwriting |
| Sync & Backup | File syncing (WebDAV), Linked files (ZotFile, ZotMoov) | Files on a WebDAV server, Files linked with ZotFile or ZotMoov |
| Sync & Backup | WebDAV server | Files on a WebDAV server |
| Purchase | Trial, purchase, Restore purchases | Trial and purchase |
| Data | Export data, import an archive, resolution of exported figures | Archives, Exporting figures and tables |
| FAQ | Frequently asked questions | FAQ |
| Troubleshooting | Diagnostic data, search index, export cache (the Zotero edition also has the structure cache and scanned text cache) | Troubleshooting |
| About | Version, support, contact, legal | Updates |
Language
Rectoly is available in 20 languages.
- Choose it in Settings › General › Language. Use System Language follows your device.
- On Android 13 or later, Settings › General › Language opens the system setting where you choose Rectoly's language. On older versions, Rectoly follows the language of the device.
Appearance
- Appearance chooses light, dark or the system setting for the whole app.
- Darken PDF pages turns the pages of the PDF dark too, whatever the app appearance is.
- Reading Mode appearance (Follow app / Light / Dark) changes only the Reading Mode surface. See Reading Mode.