Change your personal settings
About personal settings
Personal settings change how LimeSurvey works for you: the language of the administration, how dates and times are shown, and a few defaults for new surveys and questions. They apply to your user only. Participants and other administrators don't see them. Settings set to Default follow the global settings of your site.
Change your personal settings
Click your name at the top right and then Account.
Open the Personal settings tab.
Change what you need and click Save (4).
In the picture: 1 Interface language, 2 Date format, 3 Personal time zone, 4 Close, Save and close and Save.
The settings
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Interface language | The language of the administration for you. |
| Date format | How dates are shown to you in the administration, for example in lists of responses. It doesn't change dates in surveys. |
| Personal time zone | The time zone for dates and times shown to you. Use global setting follows Global settings > General > Default time zone. |
| Non-numerical answer option prefix, Non-numerical subquestions prefix | Letters, up to 3 (A to Z), for the codes of new answer options and subquestions in the classic editor. The editor of LimeSurvey 7 numbers them A001 and SQ001. |
| Create example question group and question | Whether your new surveys start with an example question group and question. Default follows the global setting. |
| Template editor mode | Full or Simple editor for theme files. See Create your own theme in the theme editor. |
| Breadcrumb mode | Short or long page paths at the top of administration pages. |
| HTML editor mode, Question type selector, Preselected question type, Show script field, Directly show edit mode, Lock question organizer in sidebar by default | Settings of the classic editor. The editor of LimeSurvey 7 doesn't use them. |
Next steps
- Switch between the new and the classic editor
- Change your name, email address or password
- Global settings
FAQ
I changed the date format, but my survey still shows dates the old way. Why?
Date format only changes what you see in the administration. The date format of a question is set on the question itself. See Date/time.
How do I get the administration in another language?
Choose it under Interface language and click Save.