Labeling the Corner for OnePager for Version 8.0

About the Corner for OnePager

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.

The upper left and lower left corners of the chart (called The Corner) have three alternative uses:

1) To show Time Axis Unit’s Labels.

2) To provide the Heading Names for Swimlane Level Labels and Text Columns.

3) To provide a blank area into which you can insert your own text statements.

To customize the Corner, access the Chart Properties form's Main tab. The radio buttons for designating the use of The Corner are shown below:

Swimlane Level Label Headings and Text Column Label Headings

Selecting the Swimlane/text column headings radio button causes the chart to show swimlane level label headings and text column label headings. If row and swimlane level labels are not displayed, that is, turned OFF in the Chart Properties form's Rows/Swimlanes tab, The Corner is not available for either Time Axis Unit Labels or Row/Swimlane Headings. If either the text columns labels or the swimlane level labels are displayed, either is turned ON in the Chart Properties form's Rows/Swimlanes tab, The Corner is available and can be used for any of the three uses.

The example below shows The Corner being used for row text column headings and swimlane level label headings:

Time-unit Labels

Selecting the Time-unit labels radio button causes the Time Axis Unit Labels to show in The Corner. In this mode, Time Axis Unit Labels cannot be hidden.

However, Time Axis Levels, including the Time Axis Unit Labels can be hidden by using the controls provided in the Chart Properties form's Time Axis tab's Top, Middle, or Bottom level sub-tabs to hide the entire Time Axis Level.

For more information on hiding Time Axis Levels, please see the article at:

Labeling Time Axis Levels

The example below shows The Corner displaying Time Axis Unit Labels:

Neither

Selecting the Neither radio button option tells OnePager to transform The Corner into a blank space whose size depends on your selection for displaying rows and swimlane levels. The example below shows The Corner configured to span both text column label headers and swimlane level label headers:

Editing Corner Properties

To edit The Corner, first right-click on any element of The Corner being displayed.

The Edit Corner with the Edit Corner Properties Form

The Corner can be selected with a right-click in any part of The Corner to access the Edit corner properties form. Shown below is the Corner in the Neither option with the Edit corner properties form:

The Edit corner properties form has the following uses:

1) Modify The Corner element's text content.

2) Change text font properties with the standard Font Properties form.

3) Change the alignment of the text.

4) Change the background color of The Corner using the standard Color Chooser form.

5) Change the Rotation of text in The Corner from the default Horizontal position to either the Rotate 90 degrees or Rotate 270 degrees.

Editing Time Axis Level Unit Labels in the Corner

When The Corner is showing Time Axis Level Unit Labels, right-clicking on any Time Axis Unit Label accesses the Edit corner properties form shown above. This form allows you make changes to the selected Time Axis Unit Label's properties as shown here:

Editing Text Column/Swimlane Level Label Headings in the Corner

When The Corner is displaying Text Columns Label Headings and/or Swimlane Level Label Headings, right-clicking on any Text Columns Label Heading and/or Swimlane Level Label Heading again accesses the Edit corner properties form as shown below:

When the Time Axis or Text Columns and/or Swimlane Label Headings are being displayed at both the top and bottom of the chart and you want to make a change to any of these elements and, further, you want the change to be shown both at the top and bottom of the chart, the change must be individually applied to the Top and Bottom Time Axes separately.

The Edit Corner with the OnePager Home Tool Bar Tab's Controls

The Corner can be edited without accessing the Edit corner properties form with controls found on the OnePager Home tool bar tab’s Font, Format, and Alignment control groups shown below:

In the above illustration the top level time-unit label is selected with a left-click which enables the three control groups shown above. With these tool bar tab control groups enabled you are able to edit the Font properties, Background Colors, and Label Text Alignment in the selected label. The OnePager Home tool bar tab does not provide a control for editing the rotation of the text in the selected time-unit label. For text rotation edits, you must right-click the time-unit label to access the Edit corner properties form and use the rotation control in the form. Additionally, you must use the Edit corner properties form to edit the time-unit label’s text.

The three controls groups shown above are enabled when any component of the Corner regardless of which of the three modes are active. The following two illustrations show the Corner and the OnePager Home tool bar tab’s Font, Format, and Alignment controls groups when the Corner is in Neither mode and Swimlane/text column headings mode:

Corner in Neither Mode

Corner in Swimlane/Text Column Headings Mode

Notes

Since The Corner appears normally on the top of the chart with the Time Axis Levels and can appear at the bottom of the chart, either with or without the bottom time axis, The Corner is impacted by the control settings for Multi-Page mode.

For more information on Multi-Page output, please see the article at:

Creating Multi-Page Charts (Portal)

Additionally, The Corner is impacted by freeze pane settings as well.

For more information on freeze pane settings, please see the section in this article:

View Modes - Freeze Panes Feature

An example of top and bottom Corners showing in a chart for the Time Axis Levels is illustrated below: