A strategy is a set of switches to the tools, which are defined in a pre-configured set of options for the synthesis application or the various utilities and programs that run during implementation. Each major release has version-specific strategy options.
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Select Settings from the Flow Navigator then select Synthesis, and select a strategy from the Strategy drop-down list, shown in This Figure , and click OK .