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==Overview==

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

This article covers the '''Global editing''' of '''Task Links'''.   As with all '''global editing''', the OnePager '''Template Properties''' and the '''Chart Properties''' form are involved.    As mentioned elsewhere with respect to OnePager's '''Task Links '''feature, the '''Template Properties '''form’s '''Task Links '''tab is almost identical to the same tab in the '''Chart Properties '''form.

==Introduction==

The '''Chart Editor''' features covered in this article apply to charts created from Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Oracle Primavera P6, and Smartsheet '''source plans'''.

For more information on the '''Template Properties '''form’s '''Task Links '''tab, please see this section in the article at:  

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In the discussion that follows on '''global editing''' using the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Links '''tab, it is assumed that '''Data-driven Tasks '''are '''imported'''.  

For more information on the rules governing the '''importing Data-driven Task Links''' please see the article at: [[Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules]] <!--19.1.3.1-71-->

The '''Task Links '''tab of the '''Chart Properties '''form (See the illustration below) provides the settings for both '''Data-driven '''and manual '''Task Links'''.  Only the '''Horizontal Anchor (Manual Task Links Only) '''control sub-group is specifically used for '''editing''' manual '''Task '''Links.  

For more information on '''Horizontal Anchors''' for manual '''Task Links''', pleases see the article at: [[Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Manual Editing of Task Links]] <!--19.4.1-71-->

==Task Link Editing with the Chart Properties Form==

The '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Links '''tab with all '''Data-driven Task Links '''previously imported looks like this:

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The '''Task Links''' tab has three (3) major control groups.

'''Show task Links Checkbox''':  The '''Show task links''' checkbox is the '''“Master”''' switch in the '''Task Links '''tab of the '''Chart Properties '''form for turning the '''Task Links '''feature '''ON''' and '''OFF'''.  

'''Default Task-Link Formatting''':  This control group defines the properties of '''Task Links''' in the chart with respect to '''Line Style''', '''Arrow Style''', '''Font properties''', and '''Horizontal''' and '''Vertical Anchors '''(i.e., '''Begin''' and '''End points''' on '''predecessor '''and '''successor '''tasks respectively).

'''Data-Driven Task Links''': This control group provides controls for the '''import''' of '''Data-driven Task Links''', controls for the '''Task Link Filter rules '''feature, and a '''Where Are My Links? '''button to access the form of the same name. 

For more information on the utilization of these controls, please see the article at: [[Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Data-Driven Task Link Import Rules]] <!--19.1.3.1-71-->

===Show Task Links Master Switch===

When the checkbox is unchecked or '''OFF''', '''Task Links '''can neither be '''imported '''('''Data-driven Task Links''') nor '''created '''(manual '''Task Links''')''' '''nor '''shown''' if they are already '''imported '''or '''created'''.  When the checkbox is checked or '''ON''', '''Data-driven Task Links '''can be '''imported''' and '''shown''' and manual '''Task Links '''can be '''created''', '''edited''', and '''deleted'''.

===Default Task-Link Formatting Control Group===

====Line Style Sub-Group Controls====

There are four (4) controls in the '''Line Style''' sub-group.

=====Color=====

The One Pager standard '''Color Chooser ''' form is used to assist you with the selection of the global '''connection line color''' to apply to all '''Task Links'''.   The '''Color Chooser ''' form is shown below:

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Access the '''Color Chooser''' form by clicking on the dropdown button next to the '''color '''window.

For more information on '''Color Palettes''' or to '''edit '''a '''Color Palette''', please see the article at:  [[Creating and Saving Color Palettes for Version 7.1 | Creating and Saving Color Palettes]] <!--25.0.1-71-->

=====Width=====

You can increase or decrease the '''width''' of the '''connection line''' using this control.  The default setting is 2 pixels.  

=====Dash Type=====

There are five (5) '''dash types''' available for '''connection lines'''.  These five '''dash types''' are the same as used for '''baseline''', '''deadline''', '''endpoints connection lines''', and '''borders'''.  

The '''Dash Type '''dropdown looks like this:

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As an example, a chart with '''Data-driven Task Links '''configured with the '''Dash dot dot''' '''Dash Type''' looks like this with the '''connection line width’s ''' increased:

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=====Corner Radii=====

You also have options when specifying '''Corner radius''' of a '''Task Link''' '''connection line''' regardless of the '''connection line option''' selected.   The '''Corner radius''' is a parameter denoting the number of pixels that are used to make the '''connection line’s''' '''90 degree bends'''.  The '''higher''' the pixel count the '''more rounded''' the '''connection''' '''line''' '''bend''' appears.

Below is an example of a '''Corner Radius''' of 1:

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For comparison, below is an illustration with a manual '''Task Link '''with a '''Corner Radius '''of 10:

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:1) The '''default Corner Radius''' value in OnePager Pro distributed '''Template Properties''' forms is 4.

:2) It is recommended that larger '''Corner Radius''' settings above 5 be accompanied by increases in '''Row Height''' in order to have sufficient room for the larger '''Corner Radius''' as was done in the illustration above.

====Arrow Style Sub-Control Group====

There are four (4) controls in the '''Arrow Style''' sub-control group.

=====Begin and End Types=====

In OnePager there are five (5) enhanced '''Arrow Styles'''.  The '''Arrow Style Begin Type '''dropdown is shown below:

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The '''default setting''' for the '''Begin Type''' is '''None''' and the default setting for the '''End Type '''is '''Arrow'''.  The chart illustration above shows the '''Arrow''' '''Begin Type'''.

=====Begin Size and End Size===== 

You can '''edit''' the '''size''' of the '''Begin '''and '''End Type '''changing the value in the adjacent window.   '''Begin '''and '''End Size '''is measured in pixels.  The larger the value, the larger size of the '''Begin''' or '''End Type'''.

=====Cautions=====

You can override OnePager’s determination of '''Begin''' and '''End Type Arrow Styles''' by making your own selections in the dropdown windows shown in the above form.  '''This is not recommended for '''Data-driven Task Links''' because the end result of the '''edit '''is to potentially alter the '''look''' of the '''Dependency relationship '''between task bars/milestone symbols and thereby appear to violate the integrity of your '''source plan '''data.

====Font Sub-Control Group====

You can '''edit''' the '''Font properties''' associated with '''Task Links''' in the '''Font '''sub-control group.  Clicking the '''Font''' dropdown accesses the standard OnePager '''Font properties '''form as shown below:

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The '''Font properties '''form is used throughout OnePager for '''editing''' the '''font properties''' of all text elements within OnePager.  The '''Font Properties form''', shown above, has six (6) controls.

'''Font Dropdown''':  The '''Font Dropdown '''button''' '''provides a list of '''fonts '''available on your computer.

'''Color''':  The '''Color Dropdown '''button provides access to the OnePager standard '''Color Chooser''' form as discussed above.   In this context, the '''Color Chooser '''is used to select the '''color globally''' for any text associated with either '''Data-driven '''or manual '''Task Link'''.

'''Size''': The '''Size''' selector establishes the '''font size''' of any text '''globally '''associated with either '''Data-driven''' or manual '''Task Links'''.

'''B''', ''I'', [[U]]: These three buttons control the '''formatting '''of text with respect to the '''font '''displaying '''Bold''', ''Italics'', or [[Underline]]''' text'''.

When you complete the '''editing '''of the '''text''' with the '''Font properties '''form, click the '''OK '''button to apply the '''edits'''.

====Horizontal Anchor Sub-Controls Group for Manual Task Links Only====

For more information on how the '''Horizontal Anchor (Manual Task Links Only)''' sub-control group applies only to manual '''Task Links''', please see this section in the article at: [[Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager for Version 7.1#Editing Manual Task Links | Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager – Editing Manual Task Links]] <!--19.4.1-71--> 

====Vertical Anchor Sub-Control Group for All Task Links====

For both manual and '''Data-driven Task Links''', you have control over where the '''Task Link Vertical Anchors''' connect to the task bars/milestone symbols.   There are four (4) '''Vertical Anchor point''' options each for the '''Predecessor''' and '''Successor''' task shapes.

=====Top=====

The '''Task Link connection line''' '''anchors''' at the '''Top''' of the task bar/milestone symbol and '''departs vertically '''or '''horizontally''' from the '''Top'''.

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=====Middle=====

The '''Task Link''' '''connection line anchors''' at the '''vertical center''' of the task bar/milestone symbol and '''departs horizontally''' or '''vertically '''from the '''middle'''.  

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=====Bottom=====

The '''Task Link connection line anchors''' at the '''bottom '''of the task shape or '''departs vertically''' or '''horizontally '''from the '''bottom'''.

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=====Auto=====

The '''Auto''' '''option''' is the '''default''' option employed by OnePager so that it can initially make decisions on how best to '''vertically position''' the '''Begin point''' and '''End point shapes''' of the '''Task Link''' '''connection line''' routing through the chart.  

The '''Task Link’s Dependency Type''' is preserved.  The controls just below the four (4) radio buttons in the illustrations above apply to the '''Vertical Anchors '''for '''End points''' on '''successor '''task shapes.

===Data-Driven Task Links Control Group===

The '''Data Driven Task Links''' control group in the '''Task Links''' tab of the '''Chart Properties '''form provides a means for '''importing Data-driven Task Links after the chart is created'''.  

====Import and Show Links====

After the chart is '''created''', but before '''Data-driven Task '''Links are '''imported''', the checkbox within the '''Data-Driven Task Links''' control group has the label of '''Import and show links''' as shown below:

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After checking the '''Import and show links''' checkbox '''ON''' and clicking either '''Apply '''or '''OK '''in the '''Chart Properties '''form, all '''Data-driven Task Links '''are '''imported '''and '''shown'''.

====Show Data-Driven Task Links====

Accessing the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Links''' tab after the '''import '''process is complete shows the '''Data-Driven Task Links''' control group looking like this:

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With all '''Data-driven Task Links imported''' the '''Filter Links '''sub-control group’s radio buttons are '''enabled '''allowing you to '''Show all Data-driven Task Links '''or use the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form to control which '''Task Links '''are ''' shown ''' or '''hidden'''.

====Use Rules Radio Button====

Clicking the '''Use Rules''' radio button '''enables '''the '''Manage Rules''' button that provides access to the '''Task Link Filter Rules '''form as shown here:

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For more information on using '''Task Link Filter rules''', please see the article at: [[Using Task Link Filtering Rules for Showing/Hiding Task Links for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Using Task Link Filtering Rules for Showing/Hiding Task Links]] <!--19.2.1-71-->

====Where Are My Links? Button====

Clicking the '''Where Are My Links?''' button accesses the '''Where Are My Links?''' form that displays entries for all '''Task Links''' in the snapshot and their status with respect to being '''shown '''or '''hidden''' as illustrated below:

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The '''Where Are My Links? '''form can also be used to '''edit''' the '''show/hide '''status of any '''Task Link '''entry in the form.  

For more information on using the '''Where Are My Links''' form, please see the article at: [[Using the Where Are My Links? Form for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Using the Where Are My Links? Form]] <!--19.5.1-71-->

==Related Links==

[[Manual Editing of Task Links for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Manual Editing of Task Links]] <!--19.4.1-71-->

[[Using Task Link Filtering Rules for Showing/Hiding Task Links for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Using Task Link Filtering Rules for Showing/Hiding Task Links]] <!--19.2.1-71-->

[[Using the Where Are My Links? Form for OnePager for Version 7.1 | Using the Where Are My Links? Form]] <!--19.5.1-71-->

[[Template Only Features for OnePager Pro for Version 7.1 | Template Only Features for OnePager Pro]] <!--24.1.1-71-->

[[Template Only Features for OnePager Express for Version 7.1 | Template Only Features for OnePager Express]] <!--24.2.1-71-->

[[Template Only Features for Primavera P6 Source Plans in OnePager Version 7.1 | Template Only Features for Primavera P6 Source Plans in OnePager]] <!--24.2.2-71-->

[[Template Only Features for Smartsheet Source Plans in OnePager Version 7.1 | Template Only Features for Smartsheet Source Plans in OnePager]] <!--24.2.3-71-->

[[Creating and Saving Color Palettes for Version 7.1 | Creating and Saving Color Palettes]] <!--25.0.1-71-->

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