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==Introduction==

Illustrations used in this article are from OnePager Pro using data from Microsoft Project but the features, function, controls, and manual edits apply equally to other OnePager editions that import from data sources like Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Planner, Smartsheet, Oracle Primavera P6, Planisware Enterprise, Asana, and Wrike.

This article describes OnePager’s '''Task Bar Name Label Collision Avoidance''' feature.

==Overview==

For the purpose of this discussion, a '''task bar name label''' is the '''Task Name field imported''' from Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel , Oracle Primavera P6, Smartsheet, Microsoft Planner, Planisware Enterprise, Asana, or Wriki and typically used in a OnePager Pro, OnePager Express, or OnePager Bundle chart to denote that '''imported '''Task/Milestone Name associated with a task bar or milestone symbol. Previous versions of OnePager required you to manually re-position '''task bar name labels''' for '''Task Names''' in the chart when various '''editing''' actions caused '''task bar name labels''' to '''overlay''' or be '''hidden''' by other task bars or milestone symbols. Under such conditions the '''task bar name labels''' are said to '''collide''' and the purpose of this feature is to give you '''automatic''' and manual capabilities to '''resolve task bar name label collisions''' in the '''chart''' that look like this before '''resolution''':

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When a '''task bar name label''' '''overlays''' a task bar or other '''task bar name label '''they become difficult to read in the chart or other '''output media'''. The '''Smart Text Optimization '''feature is intended to help you '''resolve task bar name label collision situations''' without resorting to numerous '''editing '''actions in the '''Chart Editor'''. The '''Smart Text Optimization''' feature recognizes these '''task name label collision situations''' during chart '''UPDATES '''and '''automatically''' attempts to take the '''task bar name labels''' involved out of '''collision'''.

In OnePager Pro, OnePager Express, and OnePager Bundle, we changed the selection options for task bars and '''task bar name labels''' by separating them into two distinct left-click selections such that you can now select only a task bar/milestone symbol or their '''task bar name label'''.  To provide continuity with previous versions of OnePager, a checkbox is provided in the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Advanced '''tabs to revert to the selection options available in previous versions as shown here for the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Advanced''' tab:

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For depth information on '''Smart Text Optimization''', please see the article at the link given below: 

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==Smart Text Optimization==

===Smart Text Optimization in the Chart===

Implementation of the '''Smart Text Optimization''' feature comes with three (3) additional '''task bar name label position options''': '''Best fit all directions''', '''Best fit above/below''', '''Legacy best fit'''.  The '''Legacy best fit''' option recognizes '''task bar name label positions''' from previous versions of OnePager Pro and OnePager Express and utilizes those positions when creating a OnePager Pro or OnePager Express chart. The new '''task bar name label positions''' are shown below:

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Within the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Bars '''and '''Milestones '''tabs is a redesigned form providing you with controls to operate the '''algorithm''' used to make '''automatic '''decisions for '''resolving task bar name label collisions''' as shown below:

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Provided with this redesigned form are a set of controls that give you options for establishing the '''priorities''' with which the '''algorithm''', called the '''text collision avoidance algorithm''', employs the feature for you.  Additionally there are two controls that provide you with the capability to adjust the sensitivity of the '''text collision avoidance algorithm''' in the '''vertical''' and '''horizontal''' directions. 

Finally, there are new commands provided in the task bar right-click '''context menu''' and the '''task bar name label''' right-click '''context menu''' you can use to perform the '''text collision avoidance algorithm manually''' on selected task bars that are involved in a '''task name label collision situation''' as shown in the two illustrations that follow:

<center>'''Task Bar Right-Click Context Menu'''</center>
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<center>'''Task Bar Name Label Right-Click Context Menu'''</center>
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For in-depth information on '''Smart Text Optimization in the Chart''', please see the article at the link given below: 

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===Smart Text Optimization for Milestones On the Time Axis===

When milestone symbols are moved to the '''Milestones on the time axis area''' and '''Smart Text Optimization''' is turned '''ON''', OnePager attempts to make the best choices possible for those milestone symbol's '''text labels''' moved from the '''chart''' to the '''Milestones on the time axis area''' as shown in the illustration below:

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'''Milestones on the time axis''' can be '''selected''' with a left-click or a right-click and any '''editing''' functions that can be performed on milestones symbols in the '''chart''' can be performed on '''Milestones on the time axis''' as shown below where a right-click on the milestone symbol accesses that milestone symbol's '''context menu''':

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Also, '''Milestones on the time axis''' can be '''selected''' with a left-click which '''enables''' the '''Label Positions''' dropdown button on the OnePager '''Home''' tool bar tab. Clicking the '''Label Positions''' button accesses the '''Label Position dropdown menu''' where you can select an alternative position for the '''text label''' of the '''selected''' milestone symbol as shown below:

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For depth information on '''Milestones on the time axis''', please see the article at the link given below: 

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==Related Links==

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| [[OnePager's Ribbon Tool Bar Home Tab for Version 8.0 | OnePager's Ribbon Tool Bar Home Tab]] <!--4.0.2.2.1-80-->
| [[Basic Workflows for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Basic Workflows (Portal)]] <!--7.0.1-80-->
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| [[Resolving Task Bar Name Label Collisions for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Resolving Task Bar Name Label Collisions for OnePager]] <!--9.7.1.1-80-->
|[[Modifying Decorations on Tasks/Milestones for Version 8.0 (Portal) | Modifying Decorations on Tasks/Milestones (Portal)]] <!--10.0.1-80-->
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| [[Task Labels for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Task Bar Name Labels for OnePager]] <!--10.15.1-80-->
| [[Labeling Task/Milestone Dates for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Labeling Task/Milestone Dates for OnePager]] <!--10.1.1-80-->
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| [[Percent complete for OnePager for Version 8.0 | Percent complete for OnePager]] <!--10.3.1-80-->
| [[Order of Tasks/Milestones Decorations for Version 8.0 | Order of Tasks/Milestones Decorations]] <!--10.13.1-80-->
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| [[Task Bars Tab for Version 8.0 | Task Bars Tab]] <!--21.3.1-80-->
| [[Milestones Tab for Version 8.0 | Milestones Tab]] <!--21.5.1-80-->
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| [[Creating and Managing Milestones on the Time Axis with OnePager for Version 8.0 | Creating and Managing Milestones on the Time Axis]] <!--22.5.9-80-->
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