4.1.2 Understanding default configuration values

Configuration values presented in the Set Up dialogs (see §3.4 Choosing project set-up options) are not always the same as the default values for configuration settings, which are documented in §E RTF configuration and §F HTML/XML configuration:

Set-up value:	The value people usually want (or expect) for a new project for a given output type.
Default value:	The value Mif2Go applies when the setting is missing from your configuration file.

Often, the default value produces the effect you would have gotten before a feature was added, which is essential for maintaining backward compatibility with existing configuration files. This is almost always equivalent to "Off". However, if the feature corrects a defect, the corresponding configuration value might default to "On", with the setting provided to support users who had already put a workaround in place and wanted its functionality left alone.

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