Difference between revisions of "Creating and Managing Curtains for Version 5.3"

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About Curtains

A curtain is a vertical strip that marks a period of time across all rows. The example below shows a curtain entitled Quiet Period that appears from 12/1/2013 to: 2/1/2014.

Adding a Curtain

To add a new curtain to a project view, follow the steps below:

1) Go to the OnePager ribbon's Insert tab and select the Curtain… button as shown below:

2) This brings up Curtain Properties form that lets you define the date extent, appearance, and text label for the curtain:

3) Once you have entered the start and end dates, press the OK button to create the curtain.

4) In project views with multiple snapshots, this method of creating a curtain will put the curtain in all snapshots.

Editing a Curtain

Editing a curtain is similar to editing all the other shapes that appear. Just follow the steps described below:

1) Double-click or right-click on the curtain to bring up the Curtain Properties form:

2) The No Fill feature applies to curtains. See the following articles for more information on the No Fill option: ( Creating and Managing Comment Boxes and Creating and Managing Free Boxes).

3) In project views with multiple snapshots, this method of editing a curtain will change the curtain’s properties in all snapshots where the curtain still appears.

Deleting Curtains

Deleting curtains is similar to deleting any other shape in your OnePager project view. Just follow the steps below:

1) Right-click the curtain and choose Delete from the context menu:

2) Using the sub-command Delete: From this snapshot will delete the curtain from the currently displayed snapshot. Curtains that remain in other snapshots associated with the project view will still be treated as a single entity with respect to the properties of the curtain.

3) The sub-command Delete: From all snapshots will remove all instances of the curtain from all snapshots.

Ordering Curtains

Curtains may be ordered in the project view from front to back. Just follow the steps below:

1) As shown above, right-clicking on a curtain displays a context menu with several sub-commands including the Order sub-command.

2) This sub-command operates in the same way as the Order sub-command provided for comment boxes, free boxes, and the legend.

3) When the Order sub-command is used, the results with respect to the Z-Axis positioning of the curtain will be displayed in all snapshots where the curtain exists.

Adding Another Curtain

Also shown above is the Add another… sub-command of the context menu displayed by right-clicking on a curtain. Then, follow the steps below:

1) When you click on the Add another… sub-command, OnePager will display the Curtain Properties form also shown above. Using this form, you may configure the additional curtain as required. Click the OK button when finished.

2) As with all uses of the Curtain Properties form, when you click the OK button the additional curtain will appear in all snapshots of the project view.

Putting A Curtain in Some Snapshots

The Curtain Properties form used to create a curtain puts the curtain in all snapshots. There is no Attach to all snapshots checkbox in the Curtain Properties form as there is in the Create or edit comment box form. Thus, a way to have a curtain appear in one or a select set of snapshots is to first create the curtain as desired and delete the curtain individually from snapshots where the curtain should not appear.

Subsequent project demands may require you to later on put the curtain in all snapshots. To do this, just follow the steps below:

1) To put a curtain in all snapshots, use the Put at all snapshots sub-command found in the right-click context menu for existing curtains as shown below:

2) After clicking the Put at all snapshots sub-command the selected curtain will appear in all snapshots.

Resizing a Curtain

As described above, the width of a curtain in terms of its start and end dates can be edited through the Curtain Properties form. To do this follow the steps described below:

1) Changes to the start and end dates for curtains can be done by using the curtain grab boxes on the left and right edge of the selected curtain. You can drag these edges to change the curtain boundaries, as shown below:

2) Moving the mouse to the left or right will move the curtain’s edge as desired. In the example above, the left edge is moved to the left to increase the width of the curtain:

Note

You may find it difficult to select a curtain that is very narrow. To select such a curtain we recommend the following:

1) Position the mouse at the bottom of the screen (in the footer area) to the left of the curtain.

2) Hold the left mouse button down and drag the mouse upward and to the right until the lasso completely encloses the curtain.

3) When you release the mouse button, the curtain will be selected.

4) At this point you can widen the curtain by dragging the handlebars to the left or right.

Related Links

Creating and Managing Comment Boxes

Creating and Managing Free Boxes

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