General settings control how your data is displayed throughout Ceum — currency formatting, date and time format, timezone, and the ID prefix for each kind of record. Changes take effect immediately for your account. You'll find everything on the General settings page, grouped into a few sections.
Currency and formatting
These choices drive every monetary value you see — in lists, exports, dashboard charts, and invoices. See Currency formatting for the full picture.
- Currency — the currency code (default
USD). The picker shows a live preview. - Decimals — number of decimal places (default 2, range 0–6).
- Thousands separator —
comma,period,space, ornone. - Symbol position —
beforeorafterthe amount.
A preview line formats 1,234,567.89 with your current selections, so you can see the result before you save.
Localization
- Language — the app's display language. Picking it here saves with the rest of the form; the footer language switcher does the same thing on the fly.
- Country — your location, used for region-aware defaults. Optional.
Date and time
- Date format — the pattern used to display dates (default
YYYY-MM-DD). - Hour cycle —
24-hour or12-hour clock for displayed times (default24). - Timezone — your timezone (default
UTC). - Show timezone identifier — when on, displayed times include the timezone code (e.g.
EST). Default off.
Display
- Show alert count badge — when on, the sidebar and top-nav alert icon show a numbered badge of pending alerts instead of a plain dot. Default on. (Which alerts and emails you receive is controlled separately under Notifications.)
- Show keyboard shortcut hints — when on, the bracketed
[key]hints appear next to menu items, sidebar entries, and toolbar tooltips throughout the app. Turn it off for a cleaner look; the shortcuts keep working either way. Default on. - Rich text editor — switch description editors between the formatting toolbar and plain Markdown. This preference is stored on your device rather than your account.
ID prefixes
Each record gets an ID like C-7. You can customize the prefix letter for each kind:
- Client prefix — default
C. - Project prefix — default
P. - Task prefix — default
T. - Invoice prefix — default
I. - Document prefix — default
D.
Each prefix is 1–4 uppercase letters, and all five must be distinct from one another — saving fails if any two collide. Changing a prefix updates the displayed IDs of existing records right away; their sequence numbers stay the same, so C-7 simply becomes, for example, CL-7.
Workflows
Localize formatting
Switch the currency to your local code, pick the thousands separator your region uses, and adjust the symbol position. Save. List columns, invoices, dashboard charts, and exports all follow your new format from then on.
Pick a new prefix scheme
If you prefer different abbreviations (e.g. CL, PR, TS), set each prefix and save. Existing records pick up the new prefix in their IDs immediately.
Tips and edge cases
- Privacy mode is a separate toggle. It's not in general settings — see Privacy mode.
- Prefixes must be distinct. Save fails if any two collide.
- Timezone affects "today" everywhere. Overdue calculations, deadline phrasing on the calendar, and subscription renewals all use your timezone — change it deliberately.
- Keep the date format predictable. Use ISO-like patterns (
YYYY-MM-DD,DD/MM/YYYY) for clear, reliable results in exports.
On mobile
The mobile app has a General settings screen covering the cross-platform preferences — country, timezone, date format, hour cycle, show-timezone-identifier, and the full currency block (currency, decimals, thousands separator, symbol position) — all synced with your account, so a change here shows up on the web too.
Web-only here: the ID prefixes and the Display toggles (alert badge, shortcut hints, rich-text editor). In exchange the mobile app adds its own touch settings — edge-swipe Gestures and a customizable bottom Navigation bar — see Mobile navigation.