When the project (root) is selected in the tree of the Project Manager, the project properties can be viewed and edited in the properties area. Following is a table of each property and its description.
| Title | The name of the project, how it will be identified throughout Composica. |
| Description | A description of the project, for personal usage. |
| Status | Active – The normal state of a project that’s currently being developed and is in use. Archived – The project is not active, and will only be shown under the archived projects tree. |
| Version | The version of the project. |
| Style | The style to use as default for the project. |
| Master Layer | The master layer to use as default for the project. Only master layers relevant to the current style can be selected. |
| Dynamic Layer | The dynamic layer to use as default for the project. Only dynamic layers relevant to the current style can be selected. |
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Global Settings |
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| Project Type | Project – A regular project which is intended to be published as a course. Instructional Design Template – A template project, used as an instructional design template as the basis for other projects. |
| Writing Direction | The default writing direction for the project. |
| Skip Chapter Pages | When set to skip, chapters, tests and test sections are skipped from navigation. |
| Persist Activities | When on, the state of activities is maintained when navigating away from a page. |
To open the Run-time Properties dialog, use Project Manager > Home > Run-time Properties.
To open the Metadata Editor dialog, use Project Manager > Manage > Metadata.
Use the Project Tags field to assign tags to the project.
The following properties can be overridden in each document’s properties:
- Style
- Master Layer
- Dynamic Layer
- Persist Activities
- Skip Chapter Pages (named Skip Page)
Writing Direction can be overridden in the page level, by changing the document’s <Direction> property under Layout.