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==About Decorations==
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==Introduction to Text Element Ordering for OnePager==
  
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'''Decorations''' on task bars/milestone symbols include the following '''Data-Driven''' elements:
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This article describes OnePager’s '''Text Element Ordering''' feature.  Illustrations used in this article are from OnePager Pro but the feature's function, controls, and manual edits apply equally to OnePager Express.
  
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==Label Text Element Ordering==
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'''Task bar name labels''' are not considered a '''Decoration''' for the purpose of this discussion. 
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===Overview===
  
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For more information on '''Managing task bar/milestone symbols and task bar name labels''', please see the articles at: [[Manual Editing Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Manual Editing Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels (Portal)]] <!--9.0.1-70-->
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In previous version of OnePager Pro and Express two or more '''text elements''' such as task labels, date labels, or percent complete values associated with a task bar/milestone symbol were represented in the '''graph''' horizontally in a fixed order left to right.  OnePager version 7.0 provides the capabilities and controls for you to change '''text element ordering''' as well as select for '''horizontal''' or '''vertical''' positioning of that order.
  
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To go directly to the detailed articles covering '''Modifying decorations on task bar/milestone symbols''', please click here: [[Modifying Decorations on Tasks/Milestones for Version 7.0 (Portal)#Links to Detailed Decoration Editing Articles | Links to Detailed Decoration Editing Articles]] <!--10.0.1-70-->
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The controls for '''label text element ordering''' are found in the '''Template Properties '''and '''Chart Properties''' forms at the '''Task Bars''' and '''Milestones '''tabs.  '''Label text element ordering''' controls for OnePager Pro and OnePager Express are the same and functions the same in both products. The '''Change Label Text Element Ordering''' button is shown below in the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Bars''' tab:
  
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==Global Decoration Controls==
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'''Decorations''' are controlled through the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' forms. For more information on '''Using the Template Properties form''', please see the article at: [[Managing Templates for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Managing Templates (Portal)]] <!--24.0.1-70-->
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Clicking the '''Change Label Text Element Ordering '''button accesses the '''Change Text Element Ordering Change Label Text Element Order''' form shown below:
  
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For the purpose of this discussion, focus is placed on the '''Chart Properties''' form's  '''Task Bars''' and '''Milestones''' tabs in the control groups as shown below:
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When '''task bar name labels''', '''date labels''', and '''percent compete values''' are shown in the chart, a typical chart looks like this:
  
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===Ordering Options===
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This article overviews instructions on two methods for '''manually editing decorations''' for '''individual task barss/milestone symbols'''.  The two (2) sub-sections below, we’ll briefly cover both methods:
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At the top of the '''Change Text Element Order''' form there are four radio buttons.  These radio buttons represent the four options available for ordering the three '''text elements''' with respect to their parent task bar/milestone symbol.  These options are discussed below:
  
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:1) Using the '''Chart Properties''' form to change '''all''' task bars/milestone symbol decoration properties, and
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====Order Text Element Left to Right====
  
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:2) the '''Format…''' commands available to modify the decoration properties of a '''single''' task bar/milestone symbol.
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With '''left to right ordering''', the '''first text element''' (identified in the '''Order '''windows in the lower portion of the form) appears to the '''left '''of the other '''text elements'''.  This is the '''default ordering''' and is shown in the two illustrations above.  This option is typically used when you position task bar/milestone symbol '''text elements''' in '''Label positions''' that are '''horizontally oriented''' such as '''Left''', '''Right''', '''Best fit left/right''', and '''Best fit in task bar'''.
  
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==Using the Chart Properties Form To Edit Decorations==
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'''Decorations''' on '''all''' task bars/milestone symbols can be '''manually edited''' by using the '''Task Bars''' or '''Milestones''' tabs in the '''Chart Properties''' form.  Using these controls you can '''edit''' the '''decoration properties''' in the current chart without '''changing''' any of the settings in the current '''Template Properties''' form.  Doing so makes '''mavericks''' of all task bars/milestone symbols participating in the '''edit''' in the current chart. 
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The '''top to bottom ordering''' is typically used in situations where you want to keep the '''text elements '''compact horizontally.  This option is typically used when you position task bar/milestone symbol '''text elements''' in '''Label positions''' such as '''Above''', '''Below''', '''Best fit above/below''', and '''Best fit all directions'''.  In many cases it is useful also to increase the '''height of the row''' so that sufficient room is provided for up to three '''text elements '''as shown below:
  
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For convenience, we've added a checkbox titled '''Mirror format setting between task bars and milestones''' shown below:
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As for an example, the chart portion looks like this with '''text element Label position '''remaining as '''Best fit left/right''':
  
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When this checkbox is checked '''ON''', OnePager automatically makes any '''edits''' to '''Milestone symbols''' that are made to '''Task Bars''' for all settings where a '''blue dot''' appears to the right of the setting.  This checkbox appears in both the '''Task Bar''' tab and the '''Milestones''' tab of the '''Chart Properties''' form and the corresponding tabs of the '''Template Properties''' form. The '''Milestones''' tab of the '''Chart Properties''' form is illustrated below:
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The third option radio button, when selected, '''orders text elements horizontally inside to outside'''. This means that the '''first text element''' is always '''closest to the task bar''', the next '''text element''' is farther to the left or right, and the '''third text '''element''' is farthest to the left or right. This '''text element ordering''' option is best used when '''text elements '''are to appear in the chart in '''horizontal '''arrangements. This update to the '''Change Text Element Order '''form is shown below:
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'''Task Bar''' and '''Milestones''' fill colors are always '''mirrored''' regardless of the '''Mirror...''' checkbox being checked '''ON''' or '''OFF'''. 
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When this '''ordering '''is''' '''applied to the chart, it looks like this:
  
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The '''Label text ordering control''' button is shown below:
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Notice that regardless of the sequencing of the three '''text elements''', the designated '''first text element''' is always '''closest''' to the task bar.
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'''Label text ordering''' allows you to select the sequence in which '''task bar/milestone symbol labels''', '''date labels''', and '''percent complete values''' appear in the '''graph''' positioned next to their associated task bar/ milestone symbol.  Clicking the '''Label text ordering''' button accesses the '''Change Text Element Order''' form containing the controls changing the sequence of these '''text elements''' and their orientation with respect to their associated task bar/milestone symbol from '''horizontal''' to '''vertical''' or vice versa.  The '''Change Text Element''' form is shown below:
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The last option radio button, when selected, '''orders text elements vertically inside to outside'''. This means that the '''first text element''' is always '''closest''' to the task bar, the next '''text element''' is farther away from the task bar, and the '''third text element''' is farthest away from the task bar in '''vertical orientation'''.  This '''text element ordering''' option is best used when '''text elements '''are to appear in the chart in '''vertical '''arrangements and when text is placed above or below the task or milestone.
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The controls for '''Label Text Ordering''' discussed above and provided in more detail at the link below applies to both OnePager Pro and OnePager Express.
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To make an example that is different from the previous examples, we’ll modify the '''Change Text Element Order '''form to show '''Date Labels '''as the '''first text element in the ordering'''. The corresponding '''Change Text Element Order '''form is shown below:
  
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When this change is applied to the chart, along with appropriate '''heightening of rows''' and selecting the '''Best fit above/below text element Label position''', a selected portion of the chart looks like this:
  
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Again notice that regardless of the sequencing of the three '''text elements''', the designated '''first text element''' is always '''closest''' to the task bar.  In the illustration above, the '''first text element '''is '''Date label(s)'''.
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The lower portion of the '''Change Text Element Order''' form provides you with the controls to change the '''sequence of text elements''' as they are used in the four '''ordering options''' discussed in the previous sub-section.  The '''default settings''' are:
  
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Accessing the '''Change Task/Milestone Properties''' form with this method requires you to right-click on the task bar or milestone symbol or the '''task bar name label''' to access the right-click context menu''' for either.  This action accesses the available commands in the right-click '''context menu''' when a task bar is right-clicked as shown below:
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Using the chart shown below as a starting point, the '''text elements '''are '''ordered left to right''' with the '''Date label(s)''' as the '''First text element '''in the '''sequence''':
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The '''Format''' tab is shown above where you can '''edit''' the task bar/milestone symbol's properties shown. Clicking any of the other six (6) '''decoration''' tabs on the form accesses the specific capabilities for '''editing''' that specific '''decoration''' for the selected task bar/milestone symbol(s).  
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For this example, suppose we select the '''Percent complete value''' of the '''Create Working Plan''' task bar of '''50% '''change its position in the row to the left of the task bar. This can be done in two steps:
  
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Latest revision as of 18:20, 19 February 2021

Introduction to Text Element Ordering for OnePager

This article describes OnePager’s Text Element Ordering feature. Illustrations used in this article are from OnePager Pro but the feature's function, controls, and manual edits apply equally to OnePager Express.

Label Text Element Ordering

Overview

In previous version of OnePager Pro and Express two or more text elements such as task labels, date labels, or percent complete values associated with a task bar/milestone symbol were represented in the graph horizontally in a fixed order left to right. OnePager version 7.0 provides the capabilities and controls for you to change text element ordering as well as select for horizontal or vertical positioning of that order.

The controls for label text element ordering are found in the Template Properties and Chart Properties forms at the Task Bars and Milestones tabs. Label text element ordering controls for OnePager Pro and OnePager Express are the same and functions the same in both products. The Change Label Text Element Ordering button is shown below in the Chart Properties form’s Task Bars tab:

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Clicking the Change Label Text Element Ordering button accesses the Change Text Element Ordering Change Label Text Element Order form shown below:

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When task bar name labels, date labels, and percent compete values are shown in the chart, a typical chart looks like this:

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Ordering Options

At the top of the Change Text Element Order form there are four radio buttons. These radio buttons represent the four options available for ordering the three text elements with respect to their parent task bar/milestone symbol. These options are discussed below:

Order Text Element Left to Right

With left to right ordering, the first text element (identified in the Order windows in the lower portion of the form) appears to the left of the other text elements. This is the default ordering and is shown in the two illustrations above. This option is typically used when you position task bar/milestone symbol text elements in Label positions that are horizontally oriented such as Left, Right, Best fit left/right, and Best fit in task bar.

Order Top to Bottom

The top to bottom ordering is typically used in situations where you want to keep the text elements compact horizontally. This option is typically used when you position task bar/milestone symbol text elements in Label positions such as Above, Below, Best fit above/below, and Best fit all directions. In many cases it is useful also to increase the height of the row so that sufficient room is provided for up to three text elements as shown below:

P70-10 17 1-(2-1)-70-02042021.png

As for an example, the chart portion looks like this with text element Label position remaining as Best fit left/right:

P70-10 17 1-(3-1)-70-02042021.png

Order Horizontal Inside to Outside

The third option radio button, when selected, orders text elements horizontally inside to outside. This means that the first text element is always closest to the task bar, the next text element is farther to the left or right, and the third text element is farthest to the left or right. This text element ordering option is best used when text elements are to appear in the chart in horizontal arrangements. This update to the Change Text Element Order form is shown below:

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When this ordering is applied to the chart, it looks like this:

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Notice that regardless of the sequencing of the three text elements, the designated first text element is always closest to the task bar.

Order Vertically Inside to Outside

The last option radio button, when selected, orders text elements vertically inside to outside. This means that the first text element is always closest to the task bar, the next text element is farther away from the task bar, and the third text element is farthest away from the task bar in vertical orientation. This text element ordering option is best used when text elements are to appear in the chart in vertical arrangements and when text is placed above or below the task or milestone.

To make an example that is different from the previous examples, we’ll modify the Change Text Element Order form to show Date Labels as the first text element in the ordering. The corresponding Change Text Element Order form is shown below:

P70-10 17 1-(5)-70-02042021.png

When this change is applied to the chart, along with appropriate heightening of rows and selecting the Best fit above/below text element Label position, a selected portion of the chart looks like this:

P70-10 17 1-(6-1)-70-02052021.png

Again notice that regardless of the sequencing of the three text elements, the designated first text element is always closest to the task bar. In the illustration above, the first text element is Date label(s).

Text Element Order Sequencing

The lower portion of the Change Text Element Order form provides you with the controls to change the sequence of text elements as they are used in the four ordering options discussed in the previous sub-section. The default settings are:

  • Task/milestone label – First
  • Date label(s) – Second
  • Percent Complete - Third

Changing the text element order sequence changes the order of text elements applied to the chart when one of the four ordering options is selected.

Related Links

Manual Editing Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels (Portal)

Editing with the Chart Properties form (Portal)

Managing Templates (Portal)

Selecting Task/Milestone Shapes and Text Labels

Changing Individual Task/Milestone Properties (Color, Shapes, Labels, etc.)

Resolving Task Label Collisions for OnePager Pro

Resolving Task Label Collisions for OnePager Express

Text Element Ordering

(10.17.1-70)

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