# Main settings

## Changing The main settings

The default customization settings are stored in the config.json file which you can access through:

> Anki's  menu bar ➡️ tools ➡️ add-ons choose "Beautify Anki" then > Configuration

and it looks like this:

```javascript
{
    "animation": true,
    "change answer buttons": true,
    "date_format": "eu",
    "note_correction_factors": {
        "English": 2,
        "Fr": 2
    },
    "theme": "default"
}
```

| Option                    | Usage                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Default value | possible values                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| animation                 | set it to ***true***. if you want the background to cycle through the 5 background images and to have text animation. Or, ***false*** to turn all the animation off.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | true          | true , false                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| change answer buttons     | set it to ***true*** if you want to change the appearance of the answer buttons <img src="https://3070945225-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M8bIX1VrL7AvQYQHy62%2F-M8bbCoMkuURDOFKmYps%2F-M8be0pU345tiAF7VkBX%2FCapture.PNG?alt=media&#x26;token=641a5e10-cb1a-43d5-8648-6a2405468c98" alt="" data-size="original">. Or, ***false*** if you are using other addons that changes the answer buttons like[ Minimal Flat Big Buttons](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1042429613) or [Large and Colorful Buttons](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1829090218)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | true          | true , false                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| date\_format              | to change the date format in the remaining widget in deck overview pages <img src="https://3070945225-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M8bIX1VrL7AvQYQHy62%2F-M8bbCoMkuURDOFKmYps%2F-M8bfQoToob3QZSn6jjg%2FCapture.PNG?alt=media&#x26;token=cf1bbd61-9c05-42ff-8379-91ecc439e3c4" alt="" data-size="original">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | "eu"          | <p></p><ul><li>"us" displays as "%m/%d/%Y", meaning Month/Day/Year, ex: 04/26/1994</li><li>"asia" displays as "%Y/%m/%d", meaning Year/Month/Day, ex: 1994/04/26</li><li>"eu" displays as "%d.%m.%Y", meaning Day.Month.Year, ex: 26.04.1994</li></ul> |
| note\_correction\_factors | <p> If you want the add-on to display the number of notes in a deck, instead of the number of cards in the config Edit the <code>note\_correction\_factors</code> as follows to add a line that includes the beginning of the deck name (including all superdecks) and the number of different cards in the note type in the deck.<br>example :<br><code>"note\_correction\_factors": { "Custom": 2 , "English" : 3 }</code> <img src="https://3070945225-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M8bIX1VrL7AvQYQHy62%2F-M8bgLB2SAIp1eGleN3c%2F-M8bhF14MPutN4OGoB6L%2FCapture.PNG?alt=media&#x26;token=cbe3d9de-9840-426d-93ff-d2f922ac3ed1" alt="" data-size="original"> </p><p><em>using note correction factor</em><img src="https://3070945225-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M8bIX1VrL7AvQYQHy62%2F-M8bgLB2SAIp1eGleN3c%2F-M8bhbCp2ORRdW9UpMwd%2FCapture.PNG?alt=media&#x26;token=bf16a4bf-dc19-47b4-9271-bd0364c1699c" alt="" data-size="original"> </p><p>without using note correction factor</p> |               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| theme                     | to select the theme of the addon                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | "default"     | "default" , "starry" , "flamingo" , "sunrise" ,"***your custome made theme***"                                                                                                                                                                         |
