Defaults & Settings
Choose how new FM Central items should start for your own login while leaving existing saved records unchanged.
- Set starting privacy and calendar choices for new dates, appointments, tasks, photos, documents, medical entries, journals, groups, and businesses.
- Choose whether new addresses start as Current.
- Choose default Parent, Child, and Spouse relationship types/statuses.
- Keep different defaults for different FM Central users.
- Use defaults only as starting values—editing an existing record keeps that record’s saved settings.
Defaults & Settings at a glance
My Defaults
CloseNew Item Defaults
Important Life MomentsShow on Calendar • Private
No / NoAppointments / RemindersAll Day • Show on Calendar • Private
No / Yes / NoTasks / To-DosScheduled Time • Show on Calendar • Private
No / Yes / NoPhotos / Documents / Medical / JournalsStarting privacy
SharedParent / Child / Spouse LinksBiological • Biological • Current
Relationship defaultsCancelSave Settings
Why families use Defaults & Settings
- Save time on choices you make the same way most of the time
- Let each person work with their own preferences
- Keep privacy and calendar behavior consistent for new items
- Avoid accidentally changing existing saved information