Comment Boxes Tab for Version 7.0
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About the Comment Boxes Tab
1) This tab controls the appearance of Comment boxes and looks like this:
2) Comment boxes are attached to selectedtask/milestone shapes in the chart and are presented using the parameters initially set in the Comment Boxes tab.
3) Creation and editing of Comment boxes is described in the article at this link: Creating and Managing Comment Boxes 13.0.1-70
Font
4) The Font dropdown provides access to the standard Font properties form that allows you to change the font properties of the Comment box text as shown below:
5) The standard Font properties form allows you to set the Comment box text's font type, color using the standard Color Chooser form, the font size in pixels, and the Bold - Italics - Underline settings.
Box Size Sub-Control Group
6) The Box Size sub-control group has two windows that allow you to set the width and height in inches or centimeters for the dimensions of all Comment boxes depending on the Template being used.
Box Offset from Anchor Sub-Control Group
7) If the Set Globally checkbox is checked On, the X and Y values appearing in the windows adjacent to the right are enabled and can be edited to establish different horizontal and vertical displacements of the Comment boxes from their anchor locations on the tasks/milestone shapes.
8) The values for X and Y are in inches or centimeters depending on the Template being used.
9) The X value measures distance from the anchor in the horizontal direction form the anchor and the Y value measures distance from the anchor in the vertical direction. Values can be either positive or negative.
10) If the Set Globally checkbox is checked Off, all Comment boxes created in the chart are all offset from their anchor point by the default values shown in the windows adjacent to the right as shown in the example below where the offsets are the default values of X=1.0 and Y=1.0:
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Transparent Checkbox
11) The Transparent checkbox when used in conjunction with the Show connecting lines when transparent checkbox are used to remove the Comment box's border while leaving the text untouched.
12) When the Transparent checkbox is checked On, the Show connecting lines when transparent checkbox is enabled with its default value of checked Off as shown below:
13) The Transparent checkbox, when checked On, makes all Comment box and its connecting line subsequently created in the chart transparent as shown in the example below:
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14) When the Transparent checkbox is checked On and the Show connecting lines when transparent checkbox is also checked On the border of the Comment box is not shown but the connecting line to the Comment box's anchor point is displayed as shown here:
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5) Background Color. The dropdown provides access to the standard Color Chooser. The selected color fills the comment box, the connecting line, and the outline color of the comment box. The color starts out always the same as that of the task/milestone to which the comment box is attached.
6) Transparent. This checkbox when checked makes the comment box and its connecting line transparent.
7) Anchor Position. This slider bar sets the location along the task at which the dependent comment boxes are anchored.
8) Anchor. This control sets the optional symbol that appears at the place where each dependent comment box is tethered to its task/milestone. These anchors, of which there are many, are the same as available for Milestone symbols.
9) Anchor Color. The dropdown provides access to the standard Color Chooser that you can use to establish the color of the anchor.
10) Attach to All Snapshots. This checkbox when checked assures that the comment box appears in all snapshots. The default action is to attach a new comment boxes to all snapshots.
Related Link
Creating and Managing Comment Boxes 13.0.1-70
(21.11.1-70)
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