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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.