Customizing the Result Formats

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The Customize Format dialog is accessed through Options dialog / Search tab. It allows you to change the settings of the available formats.

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Control

Description

Format

This selects one of the three formats for customization.

Primary font

The primary font is used for titles. In the list format, it is also used for the price, number of bids, and the start and end of the auction. The font face, style, weight and color are selectable.

Details font

This font is used for all the details - bid, notes, seller, and bidders. In the Tile and Report formats, this font is also used for the price, number of bids, and the start and end of the auction. The font face, style, weight and color are selectable.

Reset to Defaults

Click this to bring up the Reset dialog. You can then choose to reset any or all of the formats.

 

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Description

Background

You can choose to tile a background graphic, have the background colored flat, banded with a color in alternating rows, or just rendered white.

 

You can look for more background images on the internet.

 

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Description

Show Watch checkbox

Include the checkbox that lets you add the item to Prospector's Watch list.

Show Hide checkbox

Include the checkbox that lets you hide the item from future search results.

Show Bid icon

Include the icon that lets you make a bid for the item.

Show Notes icon

Include the icon that lets you add notes for the item.

Show PayPal acceptance

Include a PayPal icon to mark items where PayPal is a payment option.

Show item number

Include the eBay item number in the display.

Show price

Include the current price.

Show # of bids

Include the number of bids.

Show start

Include the time of listing relative to your machine's time.

Show end

Include the end of the auction relative to your machine's time.

Show time left

Include the time left to the end of the auction in Xd Yh Zm format.

Show notes

Include the notes if any.

Show shipping

Include shipping information. *

Show ship to locations

Include ship to locations. *

Show condition

Include item condition. *

Show seller

Include the seller. *

 

* Prospector only retrieves this information when you look at a listing. See Auto Tracking for how the seller information is used.

 

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Items per row

For the Tile and Report formats, this allows you to choose the number of items that you want listed per row.

Layout order

For the Tile and Report formats, this allows you to have items laid out row-by-row or column-by-column.