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<Chapter 2: Edit Chart>
If you want to display the current chart, to delete boxes or add new
ones to the chart, or to change the linkage between boxes, then you will
need to use the EDIT-CHART command in the top menu. The display in the
chart window is then changed from the entry form for the current box to a
WYSIWYG display of the org chart as it would be printed. A new menu also
appears. Using this menu, you can add, delete and move the boxes that make
up the chart. You can also select a box to edit, displaying its entry form
and returning to the top menu.
The commands that operate on a box (for example, DELETE-BOX <[2.4]>)
begin by asking you to designate the box to be operated on. When prompted
to select a box, position the cursor on the box you want to pick and press
the left mouse button or the keyboard ENTER key.
Note that after completing a MOVE <[2.2]>, DELETE <[2.4]>, or CLONE
<[2.3]> operation, you can perform another operation of the same type
without having to invoke the command a second time. For example, you can
duplicate several boxes by invoking the CLONE-BOX command once and then
selecting the target boxes one at a time with the cursor.
<Section 2.1: Edit Box>
Use the EDIT-BOX command if you want to change the contents or
properties of one of the boxes in the chart. If you invoke this command
and then select the box you want to edit, ORCHIS will return to the top
menu after opening that box for editing and displaying its entry form in
the chart window. Then you can change the contents and properties of that
box as described in Chapters <[1]> and <[3]>.
<Section 2.2: Move Box>
Use the MOVE-BOX command if you want to change the linkage between
boxes. If you invoke this command, you will be prompted first to select
the box to be moved and then to select a new parent for that box. The
moved box becomes the last daughter of its new parent. It will be the
lowest daughter in a vertical branch or the rightmost daughter in a
horizontal branch.
If the new parent is the same box as the old parent, the effect of
the command is simply to re-arrange the order of the boxes under this
parent. You can produce any ordering of the daughters of a box by using
the MOVE-BOX command in this way.
<Section 2.3: Clone Box>
Use the CLONE-BOX command to make an exact duplicate of a given box
in the chart. If you invoke this command and select a box to be
duplicated, a new box is created with the same contents and properties as
the selected box. Initially, the new box is not linked to other boxes; it
is displayed at the top of the chart.
<Section 2.4: Delete Box>
Use the DELETE-BOX command to remove a box from the chart. When you
invoke this command and select a box to be deleted, ORCHIS will remove
that box from the chart. Once removed, the deleted box cannot be
recovered; therefore, ORCHIS asks for verification for each box deleted.
If the deleted box had daughters, they are moved up in the chart to
become daughters of the box that was the parent of the box just deleted.
<Section 2.5: Unlink Box>
Use the UNLINK-BOX command to detach a box from its parent without
attaching it to a new parent. The unlinked box is displayed at the top of
the chart. Note that this command does not unlink the box from its
daughters.
<Section 2.6: New Box>
Use the NEW-BOX command to add a box to the chart. When you invoke
this command a new box is created and added to the chart. The new box is
not linked to other boxes. Initially, all of the text fields are empty and
all of the properties are set to their default values.
Note that it is often more efficient to use the CLONE-BOX command
<[2.3]> to add a box to the chart, duplicating the box whose contents and
properties most nearly match the box you are trying to create.
<Section 2.7: Expand>
Use the EXPAND command to expand the display in the chart window.
Specifically, the window's magnification is doubled. The window displays
half as much of the chart in each direction, but the displayed elements
are twice as large. EXPAND performs a zoom-in operation.
<Section 2.8: Shrink>
Use the SHRINK command to contract the display in the chart window.
The window's magnification is reduced by 1/2. The window displays twice as
much of the chart in each direction, but the displayed elements are only
half as large. SHRINK performs a zoom-out operation.