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==About Legend Editing==
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==Introduction to Zebra Striping in OnePager==
  
1) The '''Legend''' can be '''shown''' or '''hidden''' in the chart as described in the article at: [[Managing the Legend in the Chart for Version 7.0 | Managing the Legend in the Chart]] 15.1.1-70
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This article describes OnePager’s operation for both OnePager Pro and OnePager Express. Illustrations used in the article are from OnePager Pro but the controls and manual edits apply equally to OnePager Express.
  
2) Additionally, the above article reference describes on how to '''move and resize''' the '''Legend''' in the chart.
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==Overview==
  
3) Further, '''Legend positioning options''' are discussed in the article at: [[Legend Position Options for Multi-Page Outputs for Version 7.0 | Legend Position Options for Multi-Page Outputs]] 15.2.1-70
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When OnePager charts consist of many '''rows''' with task bars/milestone symbols closely spaced within the '''rows''', it may be difficult for your audience to focus on a particular '''row''' and its task bars without confusing the intended focus with nearby '''rows''' and task bars. This can be remedied manually by '''adding blank/empty rows''' to vertically space task bars from another. This solution does lead to increasing the '''vertical height of the document''' and may further hinder the focus necessary to achieve the chart’s goals and objectives.
  
4) The purpose of this article is to describe:
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OnePager provides an alternative means for visually achieving '''vertical separation between rows '''and''' swimlanes – zebra striping'''.  '''Zebra striping''' OnePager charts can be done between '''rows '''or at any one of the '''three swimlane levels''' '''defined '''and''' shown''' in the chart.  Here are an example of a chart with '''row zebra striping''':
  
:a) The '''controls''' available for '''editing''' the '''Legend''' '''globally''' before a chart is created
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:b) '''Editing '''operations using the '''Chart Properties''' form
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With '''row zebra striping''', both the '''defined''' and '''shown text column cells '''in the '''rows''' and the''' row''' portion in the '''graph area''' are '''zebra striped'''.  To avoid hindering the visibility of the task bars/milestone symbols in the '''row''' and any associated '''decorations''' such as '''baselines''', '''deadlines''', and '''endpoints''', the '''row zebra striping''' is '''ordered''' behind the task bars/milestone symbols and their '''decorations'''.
  
:c) '''Editing the Legend''' in the chart with the '''Legend’s context menu'''
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Using the '''Left#2 swimlane level defined '''and''' shown''' in the above illustration, we can '''zebra stripe''' the '''Left#2 swimlane level''' as shown here:
  
:d) '''Editing''' individual '''Legend items''' with their '''context menu'''.
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==Legend Global Editing==
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The decision to use or not use either '''row '''or '''swimlane zebra striping''' should be determined by your goals and objectives for the schedule discussion presentation being prepare and that of the audience as well.  The controls for '''row zebra striping '''and''' swimlane level zebra striping''' are located in the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Main''' tab’s '''Color''' control group’s '''Chart Background''' sub-control group as shown here for the '''Chart Properties''' form:
  
1) '''Global''' settings for the '''Legend''' are found in the '''Template''' form’s '''Legend''' tab as shown below:
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<center>[[File:P70-15_1_1-70-(4-1)-09152020.png]]</center>
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Within the '''Chart Background''' sub-control group are three controls, two for accessing the standard OnePager '''Color Chooser''' form for establishing the alternating '''colors''' for the '''zebra striping''' and the '''Chart fill pattern''': dropdown list for selecting the options available for setting the chart’s '''Background color '''or''' colors'''. The '''Color 1''' and '''Color 2''' dropdowns for accessing the standard OnePager '''Color Chooser''' forms provide the controls for selecting the '''colors''' that '''alternate between rows '''or '''swimlanes''' in the chart.
<center>P70-15_1_1-70-(4-1)-09152020.png</center>
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The '''Chart fill pattern:''' dropdown list is shown below:
  
2) As shown above, the controls in the '''Legend '''tab are '''enabled''' when the '''Show legend''' checkbox is checked '''On'''.  
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3) Otherwise, all the controls in the '''Legend '''tab are '''disabled'''.
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In the illustration above, the '''Chart fill pattern:''' dropdown list includes '''Row stripes''' and '''the three levels of swimlane level stripes'''.  The list is modified based on the number of '''swimlane levels''' to include only those '''swimlane levels''' that are '''defined''' for the chart.  '''Swimlane levels''' are '''defined''' in the '''Rows/Swimlanes''' tab.
  
4) Above are the '''default''' setting for the '''Legend''' provided with all distributed '''Templates''' for OnePager Pro.
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There are five additional '''Chart fill patterns''' available in the dropdown list: '''Solid''',''' Top to bottom''',''' Bottom to top''',''' Left to right''',''' and Right to left'''.
  
5) Making '''edits''' to these settings impacts the '''Legend’s properties''' for all charts created with the '''edited Template''' form.
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These '''five Chart fill patterns''' are covered in the section below at this link: [[Zebra Striping for Rows and Swimlanes for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0#Using Other Color Chart Fill Patterns in OnePager Pro Charts | Using Other Color Chart Fill Patterns in OnePager Pro Charts]] <!--12.24.1-70-->
  
6) These '''Legend '''settings are carried forward to the '''Chart Properties''' form for all charts created with the associated '''Template '''form and its settings in the '''Legend '''tab.
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For more information on '''defining swimlane levels '''and''' text columns''', please see the articles at the links shown below:
  
7) Since the controls shown above for the '''Template''' form’s '''Legend '''tab are identical to the controls for the '''Legend '''tab in the '''Chart Properties''' form, discussion of each control is focused on the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Legend '''tab in the section that follows.
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<center>
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{| class="wikitable"
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| [[Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels for Version 7.0 | Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels]] <!--12.02.1-70-->
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| [[Creating and Formatting Text Columns for Version 7.0 | Creating and Formatting Text Columns]] <!--12.03.1-70-->
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==Using the Chart Properties Form’s Legend Tab==
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As an example, if only the '''Left#1 '''and '''Left#3 swimlane levels''' are '''defined''' and '''shown''' in the chart, the list only includes the '''Left#1 '''and '''Left#3 swimlane stripes''' entries along with '''Row stripes''' entry and the other entries shown above the '''Row stripes''' entry as shown here:
  
1) The '''Legend '''tab for the '''Chart Properties''' form looks like this:
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<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(2-1)-109152020.png]]</center>
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Clicking either the '''Color 1''' or '''Color 2''' dropdown button accesses the standard OnePager '''Color Chooser''' form as shown here for '''Color 2''':
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(2-1)-09152020.png</center>
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2) As with the '''Template''' form’s '''Legend''' tab, the controls in the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Legend''' tab are not '''enabled''' and cannot be '''edited''' until the '''Show legend''' checkbox is checked '''ON'''.
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3) In the sub-sections that follow, each of the control groups and controls are discussed in detail.
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This article describes the controls for '''creating '''and''' editing zebra striping''' in the chart for '''rows''' and '''swimlane levels'''.  In addition, this article provides information on the '''control''' and '''management of output media''' where the chart contains '''row''' and/or '''swimlane zebra stripes'''.
  
===Layout Control Group===
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==Creating and Editing Row Zebra Stripes in a OnePager Pro Chart==
  
4) The '''Layout''' control group consists of two (2) radio buttons that position the '''Legend''' either '''vertically''' in the chart or '''horizontally''' in the chart.
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When a OnePager chart is configured with '''row zebra stripes''' it typically looks like this:
  
5) The '''default''' setting is '''Vertical''' and OnePager positions the '''Legend''', when '''shown''', in the '''upper right corner '''of the '''graph'''.
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6) The illustration below shows the '''Legend '''with the '''Horizontal''' radio button selected.
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As a convention, the '''row zebra striping''' includes the '''unhidden rows''' and any '''text column cells defined''' and '''shown''' in the chart as shown in the illustration above.
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(3)-10102019.png]]</center>
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===Creating Row Zebra Stripes===
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(3)-10102019.png</center>
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7) OnePager initially positions the '''Horizontal Legend''' at the bottom of the '''graph'''.
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To create simple '''row zebra stripes''', access the '''Chart Properties''' form by clicking the '''Chart Properties''' button on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar as shown in the illustration  below and navigate to the '''Main''' tab and the '''Chart Background''' sub-control group:
  
8) You can perform all the '''re-positioning''', '''resizing''', and '''editing''' operations on the '''Horizontal Legend''' as are available for the '''Vertical Legend'''.
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(6)-08192020.png]]</center>
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9) Additionally, the '''Horizontal Legend’s context menu''' can be accessed as well as each individual '''Legend''' right-click '''context menu''' and all allowable '''edits''' can be made.
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For this example, the starting conditions have both the '''Color 1''' and the '''Color 2 '''settings set to '''No fill''' and the '''Chart fill pattern:''' is set to '''Solid''' so that '''no colors or shading''' are shown in the chart’s''' graph area''' in the illustration above.  Next, go to the '''Chart fill pattern:''' dropdown list and select the '''Row stipes''' option.  Then, click the '''Color 1''' dropdown to access the standard OnePager '''Color Chooser''' form and select a '''color'''.    Do the same for the '''Color 2''' dropdown to access the '''Color Chooser''' form again and select a '''color'''.
  
10) The '''Horizontal Legend''' can be reconfigured to the '''Vertical Legend '''at any time and any '''edits''' made to the '''Horizontal Legend''' are retained in the '''Vertical Legend'''.
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In the illustration below '''Color 1''' is set to a '''light shade of red''' and '''Color 2''' is set of a '''light shade of blue''' as shown below before '''applying''' the changes to the chart:
  
===Legend-Item and Legend-Title Font Editing Controls===
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(7)-08192020.png]]</center>
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11) There are two (2) sets of controls for '''editing font properties''' of the '''Legend-items''' and '''Legend-title'''.
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When you click the '''Apply''' or '''OK''' button in the '''Chart Properties''' form, the chart is reconfigured to look like this:
  
12) For both sets of controls, clicking the dropdown button in the window to the immediate right of the control’s label access the standard '''Font properties''' form as shown below:
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<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(4-1)-09152020.png]]</center>
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To clarify how OnePager applies the '''row zebra striping''', OnePager uses the '''Color 2 color''' starting on the bottom most '''row''' and alternates to '''Color 1''' on the next '''row''' up and so on until the top '''row''' is reached. To illustrate this, if we return to the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Main''' tab and reverse the '''colors''' selected for '''Color 1 '''and''' Color 2''', the new reconfigured chart looks like this:
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(4-1)-09152020.png</center>
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13) There are six (6) controls in the '''Font properties''' form shown above which are standard in most applications involving '''text editing'''.
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14) These controls include:
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===Editing Rows with Zebra Stripes===
  
:a) The '''Font Style''', implemented as a dropdown list, includes the '''font styles''' installed on your computer.
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'''Rows '''and''' text column cells''' can be '''edited''' regardless of whether '''rows''' are '''zebra striped''' or not.
  
:b)  The '''Size''' control is a dial window where you can either click up or down or type in a desired '''font size''' integer value.
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For more information on '''editing row properties''', please see the article at: [[Editing Row Properties for Version 7.0 | Editing Row Properties]] <!--12.22.1-70-->
  
:c)  Clicking the '''Color''' dropdown accesses the standard '''Color Chooser''' form.
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====Adding a Row====
  
:d)  The '''Bold''' button is a toggle that sets the selected '''text string''' as '''Bold text'''.
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If you '''add '''a '''blank/empty row''' to the chart, OnePager maintains the '''row zebra striping''' as specified in the '''Chart Properties''' form by including the '''added row''' as part of the scheme, assuming '''no maverick row colors''' are contained in the chart. As an example, the chart below has a '''blank/empty row added''' below the '''Engineering Team 2 Development''' task bar and applied to the chart configuration just above:
  
:e) The '''Italics''' button, also a toggle, sets the selected '''text string '''as ''Italic text''.
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(10)-08192020.png]]</center>
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:f)  The '''Underline''' button operates as a toggle that sets the selected '''text string'''s [[Underline]].
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In the chart illustrated above, OnePager maintains the arrangement of '''alternating color row zebra stripes''' starting with '''Color 2''' at the bottom most '''row''' and working upward '''alternating colors''' between '''Color 2 '''and '''Color 1''' until the top most '''row''' is '''zebra striped'''.
  
===Legend Position Controls===
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====Hiding a Row====
  
15) The '''Legend position''' control group consists of a dropdown selection list and eight (8) radio buttons. 
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If we return to the original chart, and '''hide '''the''' row''' with the '''Engineering Team 2 Development''' task bar, OnePager again maintains the same '''alternating color '''scheme from the bottom most '''row''' to the top most '''row''' in the chart as shown here after the designated '''row''' is '''hidden''':
  
16) The four (4) selection options for the dropdown list as shown below:
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<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(5-1)-09152020.png]]</center>
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1The above chart maintains the '''row zebra striping''' scheme after the '''row '''is''' hidden'''.
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(5-1)-09152020.png</center>
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17) The detailed discussion and proper use of these controls can be found in the article at:  [[Legend Position Options for Multi-Page Outputs for Version 7.0 | Legend Position Options for Multi-Page Outputs]] 15.2.1-70
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====Hiding a Swimlane====
  
===Legend Width and Height Resizing Controls===
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In a similar way, '''hiding a swimlane level cell''' containing '''multiple rows''' is just an extension of the above example.  In the chart below the '''Integration & Testing Left#2 swimlane level cell''' and its four '''member rows '''are''' hidden'''.  After the '''swimlane level cell''' and its '''rows''' are '''hidden''', the reconfigured chart looks like this when compared to the chart’s starting configuration:
  
18) There two (2) controls are for '''editing''' the '''width''' and '''length '''of the '''Legend''' box in the chart as shown below
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<center>[[File:P70-15_1_1-70-(10-1)-09152020.png]]</center>
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====Other Row Edits====
<center>P70-15_1_1-70-(10-1)-09152020.png</center>
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19) '''Legend resizing''' using the controls in the '''Legend''' tab of the '''Chart Properties''' form is done exactly like using the corresponding controls for the '''Comment box''' at the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Comment Boxes''' tab.
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OnePager attempts to maintain the specified '''row zebra striping''' scheme when '''other row edits''' are applied in the '''Chart Editor''' such as (1) '''Adding a swimlane''', (2) '''Splitting swimlanes''', (3) '''Grouping rows into swimlanes''', (4) '''Adding a row to a swimlane''', (5) '''Making each row into a swimlane''', and (6) '''Merging swimlanes'''.
  
20)  Given the similarity, detailed instructions for using the '''resizing '''controls shown for the '''Comment box''' can be found in this section in article at: [[Creating and Managing Comment Boxes for Version 7.0#Box Size Controls for Comment Boxes | Creating and Managing Comment Boxes-Box Size Controls for Comment Boxes]]. 13.0.1-70
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For more information on the '''row edits mentioned above''', please see the articles at links given below:
  
===Background Color Controls===
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{| class="wikitable"
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| [[Adding a Row or Swimlane for Version 7.0 | Adding a Row or Swimlane]] <!--12.16.1-70-->
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| [[Splitting Swimlanes for Version 7.0 | Splitting Swimlanes]] <!--12.17.1-70-->
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| [[Grouping Rows into Swimlanes for Version 7.0 | Grouping Rows into Swimlanes]] <!--12.18.1-70-->
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| [[Making Each Row into a Swimlane for Version 7.0 | Making Each Row into a Swimlane]] <!--12.20.1-70-->
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21) The '''Background color''' controls for the '''Legend''' are positioned below the '''Width and Height''' controls shown in the illustration above.
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====Mavericking A Row Background Color====
  
22) Clicking the window’s dropdown button accesses the standard '''Color Chooser''' form.
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Returning to the starting configuration of the chart with '''row zebra stripes''', if we '''maverick a row’s Background color''', that '''mavericked Background color''' is retained no matter how the '''rows''' in the chart may be manipulated as described in the previous examples.
  
23) You can use the standard '''Color Chooser '''form to select a '''background color''' for the '''Legend''' as well as use employ the '''No fill''' feature to give the '''Legend''' an appearance of '''transparency'''.
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To show this, suppose we '''maverick the Background color''' of the '''row''' with the '''Engineering Team 2 Development''' task bar such that the '''new Background color''' for the '''row''' and its associated '''text column cells''' are '''yellow''' as shown here:
  
24) As with '''resizing the Legend''', the controls and approach for using the '''No fill''' feature is the same as the approach for '''Comment boxes'''.
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25) Detailed instructions for using the '''No fill '''controls shown for the '''Comment box''' can be found in this section of the article at:  [[Creating and Managing Comment Boxes for Version 7.0#Using the No fill Feature | Creating and Managing Comment Boxes-Using the No fill Feature]]. 13.0.1-70
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To complete the example, if we now '''add a blank/empty row below''' the '''row''' containing the '''Internal Performance Validation''' task bar, the chart is reconfigured to look like this:
  
===Controlling Duplication of Legend Items===
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(14)-08192020.png]]</center>
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26) The OnePager '''Legend''' can '''show''' all task bars and milestone symbols even if several of them have the same '''Color''' and '''Shape'''.   
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While the '''row zebra striping''' scheme may cause a change around the '''row''' with the '''maverick Background color''', the '''row zebra striping''' scheme is maintained for the chartMoving '''rows up and down''' in the chart using the '''row drag and drop method''' does not alter the '''overall row zebra striping''' scheme.
  
27)  This often resulted in unnecessarily busy-looking '''Legends'''.
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For more information on '''moving rows up and down in the chart''', please see the article at: [[Moving Rows for Version 7.0 | Moving Rows]] <!--12.9.1-70-->
  
28) There is a control in the '''Template''' and '''Chart Properties''' forms at the '''Legend''' tab giving you a checkbox to specifically tell OnePager '''Do not duplicate task/milestones''' items in the '''Legend '''regardless of their differences in '''color''' and/or '''shape'''. 
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==Creating and Editing Swimlane Level Zebra Stripes in a OnePager Pro Chart==
  
29) This is shown in the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Legend''' tab below:  
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When our example OnePager chart is configured with '''Left#2 swimlane level zebra stripes''' it looks like this:
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(6-1)-09152020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(15)-08202020.png]]</center>
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30) As an example, the '''Legend''' below shows both a blue milestone symbol item and blue task bar with the '''Do not duplicate tasks/milestones''' checkbox checked '''OFF''':
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In the chart illustrated above, we’ve '''hidden the top '''and''' bottom row borders''' leaving the '''top and bottom swimlane borders unhidden''' at all '''swimlane levels''' to better focus on the '''Left#2 swimlane level zebra striping '''scheme. As a convention, the '''swimlane level zebra stripes''' includes the '''unhidden swimlanes''' and any '''swimlane level cells defined''' and '''shown''' in the chart as shown in the illustration above.
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(7)-10102019.png]]</center>
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===Creating Swimlane Level Zebra Stripes===
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(7)-10102019.png</center>
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31)  When the checkbox is checked '''ON''', only the task bar for each '''color''' appears in the '''Legend'''.  
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To create simple '''swimlane level zebra stripes''', open the '''Chart Properties''' form by clicking the '''Chart Properties''' button on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar as shown in the illustration below and navigate to the '''Main''' tab and the '''Chart Background''' sub-control group:
  
32) '''Legend items''' for milestone symbols can be suppressed by checking the '''Do not duplicate tasks/milestones''' checkbox is checked '''ON''' as shown below: 
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(6)-08192020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(8)-10102019.png]]</center>
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For this example, the starting conditions have both the '''Color 1''' and the '''Color 2 '''settings set to '''No fill''' and the '''Chart fill pattern:''' is set to '''Solid''' so that '''no colors or shading''' are shown in '''the graph area''' of the chart in the illustration above. Next, go to the '''Chart fill pattern:''' dropdown list and select the '''Left#2 swimlane stipes''' option. Then, click the '''Color 1''' dropdown to access the standard OnePager '''Color Chooser''' form and select a '''color'''.    Do the same for the '''Color 2''' dropdown to access the '''Color Chooser''' form again and select a '''color'''.
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(8)-10102019.png</center>
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33)  On occasion, it can become necessary when checking the '''Do not duplicate tasks/milestones''' checkbox '''ON and OFF '''to right-click on the '''Legend''' and then click the '''Rebuild Legend''' command in the '''Legend''' right-click '''context menu '''as shown below:
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In the illustration below '''Color 1''' is set to a '''light shade of red''' and '''Color 2''' is set of a '''light shade of blue''' as shown below before '''applying''' the changes to the chart:
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(9)-10102019.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(16)-08202020.png]]</center>
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34) Performing this action tells OnePager to re-scan the '''graph '''and '''rebuild '''the '''Legend''' to assure that the appearance of the '''Legend''' corresponds to the information displayed in the '''Chart Editor'''.
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When you click the '''Apply''' or '''OK''' button in the '''Chart Properties''' form, the chart is reconfigured to look like this:
  
===Make Title Automatically and Legend Title===
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(17)-08202020.png]]</center>
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35) The '''Make title automatically''' checkbox, when checked '''ON''' (the '''default setting'''), tells OnePager to automatically generate the '''Legend title '''based on the Microsoft Project '''source plan '''field '''name''' selected for '''Task Bar/Milestone Fill Color''' on the '''Task Bars''' or '''Milestone''' tabs on the '''Chart Properties''' form shown here:
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In the above illustration, the '''Left#2 swimlane level '''is involved in the '''swimlane level zebra striping''' scheme.  To enhance the above illustration further, only the '''top and bottom Left#2 swimlane level borders''' are '''showing''' and all other '''swimlane level '''and''' row top '''and''' bottom borders''' are '''hidden'''.  To clarify how OnePager applies the '''swimlane level zebra striping''', OnePager uses the '''Color 2 color''' starting at the bottom most '''swimlane''' and alternates to '''Color 1''' on the next '''swimlane''' up and so on until the top '''swimlane''' is reached.
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(10-1)-09152020.png]]</center>
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To illustrate this, if we return to the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Main''' tab and reverse the '''colors''' selected for '''Color 1 '''and''' Color 2''', the new reconfigured chart looks like this:
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(10-1)-09152020.png</center>
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36) When the checkbox is checked '''OFF''', as shown below, the '''Legend title''' window under the '''Make title automatically '''checkbox is '''enabled''' and you can enter any desired '''Legend title''' for the '''Legend '''box displayed in the chart.
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(18)-08202020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(11-1)-09152020.png]]</center>
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===Editing Swimlane Levels with Zebra Stripes===
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(11-1)-09152020.png</center>
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37) If the above illustrated '''edits''' are applied, the '''Legend '''looks like this:
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In most cases, '''swimlanes '''and''' swimlane level cells''' can be '''edited''' regardless of whether '''swimlane levels''' are '''zebra striped''' or not.
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(12)-10102019.png]]</center>
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For more information on '''editing swimlane '''properties, please see the article at: [[Editing Swimlane Properties for Version 7.0 | Editing Swimlane Properties]] <!--12.23.1-70-->
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(12)-10102019.png</center>
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38) If the '''Make title automatically '''checkbox is subsequently rechecked '''ON''', the '''Legend title''' window is '''disabled'''.
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====Adding a Swimlane====
  
39) Its '''edited''' contents may remain in the window and the '''title of the Legend''' in the chart reverts to the '''Legend title '''selected for '''Task Bar/Milestone Fill Color''' on the '''Task Bars''' or '''Milestone''' tabs on the '''Chart Properties''' form as shown here:
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If you '''add '''a '''blank/empty swimlane''' to the chart, OnePager maintains the '''swimlane level zebra striping''' scheme as specified in the '''Chart Properties''' form by including the '''added swimlane''' as part of the scheme, assuming '''no maverick swimlane colors''' are contained in the chart.  As an example, the chart below has a '''blank/empty swimlane added below''' the '''Left#2 Planning Swimlane''' and applied to the chart configuration just above:
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(13)-10102019.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(19)-08202020.png]]</center>
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(13)-10102019.png</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(13-1)-109152020.png]]</center>
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<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(13-1)-09152020.png</center>
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40) The '''Make title automatically''' checkbox and the '''Legend title''' window are '''disabled '''on the '''Template''' form’s '''Legend '''tab.
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In the chart illustrated above, OnePager maintains the arrangement of '''alternating color swimlane level zebra stripes''' starting with '''Color 2''' at the bottom most '''swimlane''' and working upward '''alternating colors''' between '''Color 2 '''and '''Color 1''' until the top most '''swimlane '''is''' zebra striped'''.
  
===Show Legend On: Control Group===
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====Hiding a Swimlane====
  
41) The '''Show legend on:''' control group is provided to give you specific control over where the '''Legend '''is to appear on '''multi-page outputs'''.
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If we return to the original chart, and '''hide '''the''' Left#2 Integration & Testing swimlane''', OnePager again maintains the same '''alternating color '''scheme from the bottom most '''swimlane''' to the top most '''swimlane''' in the chart as shown here after the designated '''Left#2 Integration & Testing swimlane''' is '''hidden''':
  
42) The '''default '''setting in the '''Template '''and '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Legend '''tab is '''All pages'''.
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(20)-08202020.png]]</center>
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43) You can click the '''Pages '''radio button in the control group to '''enable '''the entry of specific '''output page numbers''' or '''series of page numbers '''in the window to the immediate right of the radio button.
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The above chart maintains it proper '''swimlane level zebra striping''' scheme after the '''swimlane '''is''' hidden'''.
  
44) The '''entry window '''accepts:
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====Hiding a Row within a Swimlane====
  
:a) Single integer digit values separated by a comma.
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When''' swimlane levels''' are '''zebra striped''', the '''striping''' is at the '''swimlane level''' and '''rows''' within the '''swimlane levels''' come along for the ride so to speak.  '''Hiding '''a''' row''' in any '''swimlane '''in a chart where '''swimlane level zebra striping '''is specified decreases the '''height of the swimlane''' without making any change to the '''swimlane level zebra striping''' scheme.
  
:b) A starting page number followed by a dash and an ending page number.
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For more information on '''hiding and unhiding rows and swimlanes''', please see the article at: [[Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes for Version 7.0 | Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes]] <!--12.13.1-70-->
  
:c) Combinations of these are acceptable if separated by a comma as shown below:
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====Other Swimlane Edits====
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(14-1)-09152020.png]]</center>
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OnePager attempts to maintain the specified '''swimlane level zebra striping''' when '''other row '''and''' swimlane edits''' are applied in the '''Chart Editor''' such as (1) '''Adding a swimlane''', (2) '''Splitting swimlanes''', (3) '''Grouping rows into swimlanes''', (4) '''Adding a row to a swimlane''', (5) '''Making each row into a swimlane (right-most swimlane level only)''', and (6) '''Merging swimlanes'''.
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(14-1)-09152020.png</center>
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===Show or Hide Legend Elements Control Group===
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For more information on the '''row edits mentioned above''', please see the respective articles at links given below:
  
45) The '''Show or hide legend elements''' control group provides options for how the '''Legend '''can be configured in the chart.
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<center>
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{| class="wikitable"
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| [[Adding a Row or Swimlane for Version 7.0 | Adding a Row or Swimlane]] <!--12.16.1-70-->
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|-
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| [[Splitting Swimlanes for Version 7.0 | Splitting Swimlanes]] <!--12.17.1-70-->
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|-
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| [[Grouping Rows into Swimlanes for Version 7.0 | Grouping Rows into Swimlanes]] <!--12.18.1-70-->
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|-
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| [[Adding a Row to a Swimlane for Version 7.0 | Adding a Row to a Swimlane]] <!--12.19.1-70-->
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|-
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| [[Making Each Row into a Swimlane for Version 7.0 | Making Each Row into a Swimlane]] <!--12.20.1-70-->
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|-
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| [[Merging Swimlanes for Version 7.0 | Merging Swimlanes]] <!--12.21.1-70-->
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|-
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|}
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</center>
  
46) The '''Show or hide legend elements '''control group is shown here:
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====Mavericking A Swimlane Level Background Color====
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(15-1)-09152020.png]]</center>
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Returning to the starting configuration of the chart with '''Left#2 swimlane level zebra stripes''', if we '''maverick the swimlanes Background color''', that '''mavericked Background color''' is retained no matter how the '''swimlanes''' in the chart may be manipulated as described in previous examples.  To show this, suppose we '''maverick the Background color''' of the '''Left#2 Integration & Testing swimlane '''such that the '''new Background color''' for the '''swimlane''' and its''' member lower swimlane levels''', '''text column cells''', and '''rows '''are '''yellow''' as shown here:
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(15-1)-09152020.png</center>
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47) The '''default '''settings in the '''Template '''and '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Legend '''tab is to have the '''Title''' and '''Color/symbol items''' checkboxes checked '''ON'''.
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(21)-08202020.png]]</center>
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48) When the '''Gantt-bar diagram '''checkbox is checked '''ON''', with the '''Title '''and '''Color/symbol items''' checkboxes checked '''On''' as well, the '''Legend''' looks like this:
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To complete the example, if we now '''add a blank/empty Left#2 swimlane level below''' the '''Left#2 Integration & Testing swimlane''', the chart is reconfigured to look like this:
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(16)-10102019.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(22)-08202020.png]]</center>
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(16)-10102019.png</center>
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49) When the '''Gantt-bar diagram '''and '''Milestone diagram''' checkboxes are checked '''ON''', with the '''Title '''and '''Color/symbol items''' checkboxes checked '''ON''', the '''Legend''' looks like this:
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While the '''swimlane level zebra striping''' scheme may cause a change around the '''swimlane''' with the '''maverick Background color''', the '''swimlane level zebra striping''' scheme is maintained for the chart.  Moving '''swimlanes up and down''' in the chart (at any of the '''three swimlane levels''') using '''the swimlane drag and drop method''' does not alter the '''overall swimlane level zebra striping''' scheme.
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(17)-10102019.png]]</center>
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For more information on '''moving swimlane up and down in the chart''', please see the article at: [[Moving Swimlanes for Version 7.0 | Moving Swimlanes]] <!--12.10.1-70-->
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(17)-10102019.png</center>
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===Freeze Legend When Updating===
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==Using Other Color Chart Fill Patterns in OnePager Pro Charts==
  
50) The '''Freeze legend when updating '''checkbox, where the '''default '''setting is '''OFF''', prevents the '''Legend''' from being '''updated''' if new task or milestone items are found by OnePager when you '''add or replace a snapshot'''.
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In addition to the '''row zebra striping''' and the '''three swimlane level zebra striping '''schemes, there are '''five other Chart fill patterns:''' options available for use as described in this section.
  
51) To prevent or '''freeze legend updates''', check the '''Freeze legend when updating''' checkbox to '''ON '''in the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Legend''' tab as shown below:
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===Solid Color Option for the Graph Area===
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(18-1)-09152020.png]]</center>
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The '''Solid Chart fill pattern:''' uses only '''Color 1''' to put a '''solid color''' into the '''graph area only''' as shown below:
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(18-1)-09152020.png</center>
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==Editing the Legend with the Legend Context Menu==
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(23)-08202020.png]]</center>
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===Legend Context Menu===
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The '''Solid Chart fill pattern:''' option does not '''Background color''' either '''text column cells''' or any '''swimlane level cells''' '''defined''' and '''showing''' in the chart.  The '''Color 2''' dropdown list is ignored using the '''Solid Chart fill pattern:''' option.  '''Rows '''and''' swimlanes''' can be '''edited''' within the '''Chart Editor''' in most any manner and unchanged '''rows''' and '''swimlanes''' retain the selected '''Solid Chart fill pattern:''' as demonstrated in the two previous sections of this article for '''row zebra striping''' and '''swimlane level zebra striping'''.
  
1) Once the '''Legend''' is displayed in the chart, a right click in a white space area accesses the '''Legend context menu''' as shown here:
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===Top to Bottom Color Option for the Graph Area===
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(19)-10102019.png]]</center>
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The '''Top to Bottom Chart fill pattern:''' option uses both '''Color 1''' and '''Color 2''' to show a '''transition of color''' in the '''graph area''' from '''Color 1''' at the '''top''' '''of the graph area''' to '''Color 2''' at the '''bottom of the graph area''' as shown dramatically in the illustration below:
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(19)-10102019.png</center>
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===Legend Context Menu Commands===
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(24)-08202020.png]]</center>
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2) The '''Legend context menu''' allows you to make adjustments to the overall format of the '''Legend''' itself with the following controls:  
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The '''Top to Bottom Chart fill pattern:''' option does not involve either '''text column cells''' or any '''swimlane level cells''' '''defined''' and '''showing''' in the chart.  '''Color 1''' and '''Color 2''' choice are both used in the '''Top to Bottom Chart fill pattern:''' option.  '''Rows '''and''' swimlanes''' can be '''edited''' within the '''Chart Editor''' in most any manner and unchanged '''rows''' and '''swimlanes''' retain the selected '''Top to Bottom Chart fill pattern:''' as demonstrated in the two previous sections of this article for '''row zebra striping''' and '''swimlane level zebra striping'''.
  
====Hide Legend====
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===Bottom to Top Color Option for the Graph Area===
  
3) Clicking the '''Hide legend''' command causes the '''Legend''' to disappear from the chart no matter where the '''Legend''' happens to be positioned.   
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The '''Bottom to Top Chart fill pattern:''' option uses both '''Color 1''' and '''Color 2''' to show a '''transition of color''' in the '''graph area''' from '''Color 2''' at the '''top''' '''of the graph area''' to '''Color 1''' at the '''bottom of the graph area''' as shown in the illustration below:
  
4) To retrieve the '''Legend''', go to the OnePager ribbon’s '''View''' tab and check the '''Legend''' checkbox in the '''Graphic Elements''' group '''On'''.
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(25)-08202020.png]]</center>
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5) You can also go to the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Legend''' tab and check the '''Show legend''' checkbox '''On'''.
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The '''Bottom to Top Chart fill pattern:''' option does not involve either '''text column cells''' or any '''swimlane level cells''' '''defined''' and '''showing''' in the chart.  '''Color 1''' and '''Color 2''' choice are both used in the '''Bottom to Top Chart fill pattern:''' option.  '''Rows '''and''' swimlanes''' can be '''edited''' within the '''Chart Editor''' in most any manner and unchanged '''rows''' and '''swimlanes''' retain the selected '''Top to Bottom Chart fill pattern:''' as demonstrated in the two previous sections of this article for '''row zebra striping''' and '''swimlane level zebra striping'''.
  
====Unhide All Items====
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===Left to Right Color Option for the Graph Area===
  
6) The '''Unhide all items''' command is '''disabled''' unless one or more '''Legend '''items in the displayed '''Legend '''are '''hidden'''
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The '''Left to Right Chart fill pattern:''' option uses both '''Color 1''' and '''Color 2''' to show a '''transition of color''' in the '''graph area''' from '''Color 1''' at the '''left''' '''of the graph area''' to '''Color 2''' at the '''right of the graph area''' as shown in the illustration below:
  
7) When the '''Unhide all items '''command is '''enabled''', clicking the command makes all previously '''hidden Legend items''' visible again.
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(26)-08202020.png]]</center>
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====Rebuild Legend====
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The settings in the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Main''' tab for the '''Left to Right Chart fill pattern:''' for the above illustration are shown here:
  
8) The '''Rebuild Legend''' command tells OnePager to scan the chart and '''rebuild''' the '''Legend''' from scratch, incorporating any changes that were made to specific task/milestone shape's properties.
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(27)-08202020.png]]</center>
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9) This is normally not necessary, but can be used if you think that the '''Legend''' has gotten out of sync with what is currently in the chart.
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The '''Left to Right Chart fill pattern:''' option does not involve either '''text column cells''' or any '''swimlane level cells''' '''defined''' and '''showing''' in the chart.  '''Color 1''' and '''Color 2''' choice are both used in the '''Left to Right Chart fill pattern:''' option.  '''Rows '''and''' swimlanes''' can be '''edited''' within the '''Chart Editor''' in most any manner and unchanged '''rows''' and '''swimlanes''' retain the selected '''Left to Right Chart fill pattern:''' as demonstrated in the two previous sections of this article for '''row zebra striping''' and '''swimlane level zebra striping'''.
  
====Edit Legend Title …====
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===Right to Left Color Option for the Graph Area===
  
10) This command accesses '''Enter text '''form that  lets you '''edit''' the '''Legend’s title''' as shown below:
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The '''Right to Left Chart fill pattern:''' option uses both '''Color 1''' and '''Color 2''' to show a '''transition of color''' in the '''graph area''' from '''Color 1''' at the '''right''' '''of the graph area''' to '''Color 2''' at the '''left of the graph area''' as shown in the illustration below:
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(20)-10102019.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(28)-08202020.png]]</center>
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(20)-10102019.png</center>
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====Title Font…====
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The settings in the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Main''' tab for the '''Right to Left Chart fill pattern: '''for the above illustration are shown here:
  
11) '''Title font…'''  This command access the OnePager standard '''Font properties '''form shown below that lets you '''edit''' the six (6) '''font properties''' of the '''Legend title''':
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(29)-08202020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(21)-10102019.png]]</center>
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The '''Right to Left Chart fill pattern:''' option does not involve either '''text column cells''' or any '''swimlane level cells''' '''defined''' and '''showing''' in the chart. '''Color 1''' and '''Color 2''' choice are both used in the '''Right to Left Chart fill pattern:''' option.  '''Rows '''and''' swimlanes''' can be '''edited''' within the '''Chart Editor''' in most any manner and unchanged '''rows''' and '''swimlanes''' retain the selected '''Right to Left Chart fill pattern:''' as demonstrated in the two previous sections of this article for '''row zebra striping''' and '''swimlane level zebra striping'''.
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(21)-10102019.png</center>
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====Item Font…====
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==Creating Multi-Page Output of Charts with Zebra Striping==
  
12)  This command also accesses the OnePager standard '''Font properties''' form shown above that lets you '''edit''' the six (6) '''font properties''' of all '''Legend item text '''appearing in the '''Legend''' (as opposed to the '''Legend’s title''').
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The full set of articles on '''multi-page output media''' for OnePager charts can be found at this link: [[Creating Multi-Page Charts with Version 7.0 (Portal) | Creating Multi-Page Charts (Portal)]] 8.6.1-70
  
13) When '''edits''' are made using the OnePager standard '''Font properties''' form, all displayed '''text Legend items''' are '''edited. '''
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The discussion that follows is intended to focus on how OnePager handles '''multi-page outputs''' where the charts contain either '''row zebra striping''' or '''swimlane level zebra striping'''.
  
====Background Color…====
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===Creating Multi-Page Output Media with Charts Containing Row Zebra Stripes===
  
14) This commands accesses the OnePager standard '''Color Chooser '''form that lets you select the '''background color''' for the '''Legend'''.
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To start the discussion, the chart shown previously with '''row zebra striping''' shown below is going to be used:
  
15) In addition to being able to use any '''color palette '''or '''color''', you have the option to use the '''No fill '''feature for the '''Legend’s background'''.
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(1)-08182020.png]]</center>
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<center>P70-12_24_1-(1)-08182020.png</center>
  
====Order====
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For simplicity, the discussion is restricted to creating '''vertical multi-page output''' without showing the '''Legend'''.  To create a '''multi-page output''' from the above chart containing two vertical pages, go to the OnePager '''Page Layout '''ribbon tool bar tab and navigate to the '''Document Fitting''' control group, and change the '''Height''' option to '''2 pages''' as shown below:
  
16) Clicking the '''Order '''command displays an additional '''sub-context menu''' as shown below:
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(30)-08202020.png]]</center>
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<center>P70-12_24_1-(30)-08202020.png</center>
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(22)-10102019.png]]</center>
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When the above change is made, the '''page layout''' for '''printed output media''' is set to print two vertical pages as shown in the '''Page Break Mode''' display in the '''Chart Editor''' shown below:
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(22)-10102019.png</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(31)-08202020.png]]</center>
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<center>P70-12_24_1-(31)-08202020.png</center>
  
17) The '''sub-context menu''' for the '''Order''' command allows you to select any of the four (4) '''sub-commands''' that create the following results:
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For more information on the various '''view modes available on the Page Layout ribbon tool bar tab''', please see the article at: [[View Modes for Version 7.0 | View Modes]] 8.6.1.1-70
  
:a) '''Bring to front'''.  This '''sub-command '''puts the '''Legend''' in front of all other shapes in the chart.
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If we change to the '''Print Preview Mode''' in the '''Chart Editor''', the '''two page document''' is previewed to look like this:
  
:b) '''Send to back'''. This '''sub-command '''puts the '''Legend''' behind all other foreground shapes in the chart (but not behind background shapes).
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(32)-08202020.png]]</center>
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<center>P70-12_24_1-(32)-08202020.png</center>
  
:c) '''Bring forward'''.  Selecting the '''Bring forward sub-command '''option steps the '''Legend’s Z-Axis''' position forward by one increment of '''Z-level'''.  This is not very useful.
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As shown in the '''Print Preview''' above, OnePager maintains the '''row zebra striping''' scheme between '''Page 1 '''and''' Page 2'''.  Additionally, OnePager places the '''Page Break''' in a position to try and maintain an '''equal number of rows''' between the two pages.  The algorithm for this also attempts to minimize the number of '''swimlane level cell labels''' that must be '''repeated''' between pages.  In the above illustration only the '''Left#2 Integration & Testing swimlane level cell label''' is '''repeated''' from '''Page 1 '''to''' Page 2'''.  This same approach is continued for charts that have more '''rows''' and need to have their '''output media''' in the form of three or more pages.
  
:d) '''Send backward'''.  This '''sub-command '''steps the '''Legend''' backward by one '''Z-level'''.  This also is not very useful.
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===Creating Multi-Page Output Media with Charts Containing Swimlane Level Zebra Stripes===
  
==Editing Legend Items with the Legend Item Context Menu==
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When a chart contains one or more of the '''three possible swimlane level zebra striping''' schemes, OnePager attempts to follow the same vertical page division as used for charts for '''row zebra striping'''.  The chart below where '''swimlane zebra striping''' is applied at the '''Left#2 swimlane level''' is used as the  example:
  
===Editing All Task/Milestone Shape in the Chart from the Legend===
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(2)-08182020.png]]</center>
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<center>P70-12_24_1-(2)-08142020.png</center>
  
1) When the '''Legend''' and '''Legend items '''are displayed in the chart, a right click on a specific '''Legend item’s text''' or '''color bar''' accesses the '''Legend context menu''' as shown here:
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To create a '''multi-page output''' from the above chart containing two vertical pages, go to the OnePager '''Page Layout''' ribbon tool bar tab and navigate to the '''Document Fitting''' control group, and change the '''Height''' option to 2 pages as shown below:
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(23)-10102019.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(33)-08202020.png]]</center>
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(23)-10102019.png</center>
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<center>P70-12_24_1-(33)-08202020.png</center>
  
2) You can also access the '''Edit Legend Item '''form by double-left clicking the '''color bar'''.
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When the change shown above is made, the '''page layout''' for '''printed output media''' is set to print two vertical pages as shown in the '''Page Break Mode''' display in the '''Chart Editor''' shown below:
  
===Edit Legend Item Form===
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(34)-08202020.png]]</center>
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<center>P70-12_24_1-(34)-08202020.png</center>
  
3) The '''Edit Legend Item '''form has seven (7) specific controls for '''editing''' the '''Legend item’s text''', the task/milestone’s '''color''', '''shape''', and the position of the '''Legend item '''in the list of '''Legend items '''in the '''Legend''' as shown in more close up below:
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For more information on the various '''view modes available on the Page Layout ribbon tool bar tab''', please see the article at: [[View Modes for Version 7.0 | View Modes]] 8.6.1.1-70
  
<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(24)-10102019.png]]</center>
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If we change to the '''Print Preview Mode''' in the Chart Editor, the '''two page document''' is previewed to look like this:
<center>P70-15_3_1-70-(24)-10102019.png</center>
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====Show Legend Item Checkbox====
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<center>[[File:P70-12_24_1-(35)-08202020.png]]</center>
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<center>P70-12_24_1-(35)-08202020.png</center>
  
4) This checkbox is checked '''On''' as the '''Legend item '''is '''shown''' and can thereby access the '''Edit Legend item''' form.   
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As shown in the '''Print Preview''' above, OnePager maintains the '''swimlane level zebra striping''' scheme between '''Page 1 '''and''' Page 2'''.  Additionally, OnePager places the '''Page Break''' in a position to try and maintain an equal number of '''rows''' between the two pagesThe algorithm for this also attempts to minimize the number of '''swimlane level cell labels''' that must be '''repeated''' between pages.  In the above illustration only the '''Left#2 Integration & Testing swimlane level cell label''' is '''repeated''' from '''Page 1 '''to''' Page 2'''.  This same approach is continued for charts that have more '''rows''' and need to have their '''output media''' in the form of three or more pages.
  
5) Checking the checkbox '''Off hides''' the '''selected Legend item''' after the '''OK '''button at the bottom of the form is clicked. 
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6) To restore the '''hidden Legend item''' to visibility, you must access the '''Legend’s context menu''' as described in the previous section and click the '''Unhide all items '''command which is '''enabled '''in this circumstance.
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==Related Links==
  
====Legend Text Window====
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[[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-->
  
7) When the form is accessed, the '''Legend text window '''contains the '''Legend text '''associated with the '''selected Legend item'''.
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[[Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes for Version 7.0 (Portal) | Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes (Portal)]] <!--12.0.1-70-->
  
8) To change the '''text content''', type in the new '''Legend item text '''and either continue to '''edit '''or
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9)  Click '''OK '''to apply the change to the '''selected Legend item.'''
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10) Clicking the dropdown button on the '''Color''' control accesses the standard '''Color Chooser''' form which is used to change the '''Color of all Task/Milestone shapes''' in the chart associated with the '''selected Legend item'''.
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11) Making an '''edit''' of the '''color''' in this way '''updates''' the '''color '''of '''all''' task/milestone shapes associated with the '''selected Legend item''' in the current snapshot, historical snapshots, and all future snapshots where the associated task/milestone shape appears.  
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12) Some care needs to be exercised when using the '''No fill''' checkbox on the standard OnePager '''Color Chooser '''as checking the '''No fill '''checkbox '''On''' makes the task/milestone shape essentially '''transparent'''.
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13) To illustrate this, suppose that the '''Prime''' '''Legend item’s color bar ''' is double-left clicked to access the '''Edit Legend Item''' form and the '''Color '''dropdown button is clicked to access the '''Color Chooser''' form where the '''No fill''' checkbox is checked as shown below:
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<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(24A)-10132019.png]]</center>
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15) With the action taken in the '''Color Chooser '''form, click the '''OK '''button on the '''Edit Legend Item '''form and the '''Prime '''task bars in the chart look like this:
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16) As a note,  unchecking the '''No fill''' checkbox to '''Off''' is a three step process in this section in the article at:  [[Changing Individual Task/Milestone Properties (Color, Shape, Labels, etc.) for Version 7.0#Using the No Fill Option of the Color Chooser on Task/Milestone Fill Colors | Using the No Fill Option of the Color Chooser on Task/Milestone Fill Colors]]. 9.2.1-70
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17) If you select a task bar’s '''Legend item''', the list of available shapes in the '''Marker Symbol''' window scroll list consists of those shapes associated with task bars as shown below:
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<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(24)-10102019.png]]</center>
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18) If you select a milestone shape '''Legend item''', the list of available shapes in the '''Marker Symbol''' window scroll list consists of those shapes associated with milestones as shown below:
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<center>[[File:P70-15_3_1-70-(25)-10102019.png]]</center>
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19) The '''Sequence '''set of controls consist of an '''up arrow '''button, a '''down arrow '''button, and a window for the integer number position of the '''selected Legend item''' in the list.
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20) If the '''selected Legend item''' is the top most '''Legend item '''in the list, the '''up arrow''' button is '''disabled''' because the '''selected Legend item '''cannot be moved further '''up '''in the list.
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21) If the '''selected Legend item '''is the bottom most '''Legend item''' in the list, the '''down arrow''' button is '''disabled''' because the '''selected Legend item '''cannot be moved further '''down '''in the list.
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22) For any '''selected Legend item''' not occupying either a top or bottom position in the list, both '''up''' and '''down arrow '''buttons are '''enabled'''.
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23) Clicking the '''up arrow '''button once moves the '''selected Legend item up''' one position in the list and '''decrements''' the value in the integer number window by one. 
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Introduction to Zebra Striping in OnePager

This article describes OnePager’s operation for both OnePager Pro and OnePager Express. Illustrations used in the article are from OnePager Pro but the controls and manual edits apply equally to OnePager Express.

Overview

When OnePager charts consist of many rows with task bars/milestone symbols closely spaced within the rows, it may be difficult for your audience to focus on a particular row and its task bars without confusing the intended focus with nearby rows and task bars. This can be remedied manually by adding blank/empty rows to vertically space task bars from another. This solution does lead to increasing the vertical height of the document and may further hinder the focus necessary to achieve the chart’s goals and objectives.

OnePager provides an alternative means for visually achieving vertical separation between rows and swimlanes – zebra striping. Zebra striping OnePager charts can be done between rows or at any one of the three swimlane levels defined and shown in the chart. Here are an example of a chart with row zebra striping:

P70-12 24 1-(1)-08182020.png

With row zebra striping, both the defined and shown text column cells in the rows and the row portion in the graph area are zebra striped. To avoid hindering the visibility of the task bars/milestone symbols in the row and any associated decorations such as baselines, deadlines, and endpoints, the row zebra striping is ordered behind the task bars/milestone symbols and their decorations.

Using the Left#2 swimlane level defined and shown in the above illustration, we can zebra stripe the Left#2 swimlane level as shown here:

P70-12 24 1-(2)-08182020.png

The decision to use or not use either row or swimlane zebra striping should be determined by your goals and objectives for the schedule discussion presentation being prepare and that of the audience as well. The controls for row zebra striping and swimlane level zebra striping are located in the Template Properties and Chart Properties form’s Main tab’s Color control group’s Chart Background sub-control group as shown here for the Chart Properties form:

P70-12 24 1-(3)-08182020.png

Within the Chart Background sub-control group are three controls, two for accessing the standard OnePager Color Chooser form for establishing the alternating colors for the zebra striping and the Chart fill pattern: dropdown list for selecting the options available for setting the chart’s Background color or colors. The Color 1 and Color 2 dropdowns for accessing the standard OnePager Color Chooser forms provide the controls for selecting the colors that alternate between rows or swimlanes in the chart.

The Chart fill pattern: dropdown list is shown below:

P70-12 24 1-(4)-08182020.png

In the illustration above, the Chart fill pattern: dropdown list includes Row stripes and the three levels of swimlane level stripes. The list is modified based on the number of swimlane levels to include only those swimlane levels that are defined for the chart. Swimlane levels are defined in the Rows/Swimlanes tab.

There are five additional Chart fill patterns available in the dropdown list: Solid, Top to bottom, Bottom to top, Left to right, and Right to left.

These five Chart fill patterns are covered in the section below at this link: Using Other Color Chart Fill Patterns in OnePager Pro Charts

For more information on defining swimlane levels and text columns, please see the articles at the links shown below:

Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels
Creating and Formatting Text Columns

As an example, if only the Left#1 and Left#3 swimlane levels are defined and shown in the chart, the list only includes the Left#1 and Left#3 swimlane stripes entries along with Row stripes entry and the other entries shown above the Row stripes entry as shown here:

P70-12 24 1-(4A)-08212020.png

Clicking either the Color 1 or Color 2 dropdown button accesses the standard OnePager Color Chooser form as shown here for Color 2:

P70-12 24 1-(5)-08182020.png

This article describes the controls for creating and editing zebra striping in the chart for rows and swimlane levels. In addition, this article provides information on the control and management of output media where the chart contains row and/or swimlane zebra stripes.

Creating and Editing Row Zebra Stripes in a OnePager Pro Chart

When a OnePager chart is configured with row zebra stripes it typically looks like this:

P70-12 24 1-(1)-08182020.png

As a convention, the row zebra striping includes the unhidden rows and any text column cells defined and shown in the chart as shown in the illustration above.

Creating Row Zebra Stripes

To create simple row zebra stripes, access the Chart Properties form by clicking the Chart Properties button on the OnePager Home ribbon tool bar as shown in the illustration below and navigate to the Main tab and the Chart Background sub-control group:

P70-12 24 1-(6)-08192020.png

For this example, the starting conditions have both the Color 1 and the Color 2 settings set to No fill and the Chart fill pattern: is set to Solid so that no colors or shading are shown in the chart’s graph area in the illustration above. Next, go to the Chart fill pattern: dropdown list and select the Row stipes option. Then, click the Color 1 dropdown to access the standard OnePager Color Chooser form and select a color. Do the same for the Color 2 dropdown to access the Color Chooser form again and select a color.

In the illustration below Color 1 is set to a light shade of red and Color 2 is set of a light shade of blue as shown below before applying the changes to the chart:

P70-12 24 1-(7)-08192020.png

When you click the Apply or OK button in the Chart Properties form, the chart is reconfigured to look like this:

P70-12 24 1-(8)-08192020.png

To clarify how OnePager applies the row zebra striping, OnePager uses the Color 2 color starting on the bottom most row and alternates to Color 1 on the next row up and so on until the top row is reached. To illustrate this, if we return to the Chart Properties form’s Main tab and reverse the colors selected for Color 1 and Color 2, the new reconfigured chart looks like this:

P70-12 24 1-(9)-08192020.png

Editing Rows with Zebra Stripes

Rows and text column cells can be edited regardless of whether rows are zebra striped or not.

For more information on editing row properties, please see the article at: Editing Row Properties

Adding a Row

If you add a blank/empty row to the chart, OnePager maintains the row zebra striping as specified in the Chart Properties form by including the added row as part of the scheme, assuming no maverick row colors are contained in the chart. As an example, the chart below has a blank/empty row added below the Engineering Team 2 Development task bar and applied to the chart configuration just above:

P70-12 24 1-(10)-08192020.png

In the chart illustrated above, OnePager maintains the arrangement of alternating color row zebra stripes starting with Color 2 at the bottom most row and working upward alternating colors between Color 2 and Color 1 until the top most row is zebra striped.

Hiding a Row

If we return to the original chart, and hide the row with the Engineering Team 2 Development task bar, OnePager again maintains the same alternating color scheme from the bottom most row to the top most row in the chart as shown here after the designated row is hidden:

P70-12 24 1-(11)-08192020.png

1The above chart maintains the row zebra striping scheme after the row is hidden.

Hiding a Swimlane

In a similar way, hiding a swimlane level cell containing multiple rows is just an extension of the above example. In the chart below the Integration & Testing Left#2 swimlane level cell and its four member rows are hidden. After the swimlane level cell and its rows are hidden, the reconfigured chart looks like this when compared to the chart’s starting configuration:

P70-12 24 1-(12)-08192020.png

Other Row Edits

OnePager attempts to maintain the specified row zebra striping scheme when other row edits are applied in the Chart Editor such as (1) Adding a swimlane, (2) Splitting swimlanes, (3) Grouping rows into swimlanes, (4) Adding a row to a swimlane, (5) Making each row into a swimlane, and (6) Merging swimlanes.

For more information on the row edits mentioned above, please see the articles at links given below:

Adding a Row or Swimlane
Splitting Swimlanes
Grouping Rows into Swimlanes
Adding a Row to a Swimlane
Making Each Row into a Swimlane
Merging Swimlanes

Mavericking A Row Background Color

Returning to the starting configuration of the chart with row zebra stripes, if we maverick a row’s Background color, that mavericked Background color is retained no matter how the rows in the chart may be manipulated as described in the previous examples.

To show this, suppose we maverick the Background color of the row with the Engineering Team 2 Development task bar such that the new Background color for the row and its associated text column cells are yellow as shown here:

P70-12 24 1-(13)-08192020.png

To complete the example, if we now add a blank/empty row below the row containing the Internal Performance Validation task bar, the chart is reconfigured to look like this:

P70-12 24 1-(14)-08192020.png

While the row zebra striping scheme may cause a change around the row with the maverick Background color, the row zebra striping scheme is maintained for the chart. Moving rows up and down in the chart using the row drag and drop method does not alter the overall row zebra striping scheme.

For more information on moving rows up and down in the chart, please see the article at: Moving Rows

Creating and Editing Swimlane Level Zebra Stripes in a OnePager Pro Chart

When our example OnePager chart is configured with Left#2 swimlane level zebra stripes it looks like this:

P70-12 24 1-(15)-08202020.png

In the chart illustrated above, we’ve hidden the top and bottom row borders leaving the top and bottom swimlane borders unhidden at all swimlane levels to better focus on the Left#2 swimlane level zebra striping scheme. As a convention, the swimlane level zebra stripes includes the unhidden swimlanes and any swimlane level cells defined and shown in the chart as shown in the illustration above.

Creating Swimlane Level Zebra Stripes

To create simple swimlane level zebra stripes, open the Chart Properties form by clicking the Chart Properties button on the OnePager Home ribbon tool bar as shown in the illustration below and navigate to the Main tab and the Chart Background sub-control group:

P70-12 24 1-(6)-08192020.png

For this example, the starting conditions have both the Color 1 and the Color 2 settings set to No fill and the Chart fill pattern: is set to Solid so that no colors or shading are shown in the graph area of the chart in the illustration above. Next, go to the Chart fill pattern: dropdown list and select the Left#2 swimlane stipes option. Then, click the Color 1 dropdown to access the standard OnePager Color Chooser form and select a color. Do the same for the Color 2 dropdown to access the Color Chooser form again and select a color.

In the illustration below Color 1 is set to a light shade of red and Color 2 is set of a light shade of blue as shown below before applying the changes to the chart:

P70-12 24 1-(16)-08202020.png

When you click the Apply or OK button in the Chart Properties form, the chart is reconfigured to look like this:

P70-12 24 1-(17)-08202020.png

In the above illustration, the Left#2 swimlane level is involved in the swimlane level zebra striping scheme. To enhance the above illustration further, only the top and bottom Left#2 swimlane level borders are showing and all other swimlane level and row top and bottom borders are hidden. To clarify how OnePager applies the swimlane level zebra striping, OnePager uses the Color 2 color starting at the bottom most swimlane and alternates to Color 1 on the next swimlane up and so on until the top swimlane is reached.

To illustrate this, if we return to the Chart Properties form’s Main tab and reverse the colors selected for Color 1 and Color 2, the new reconfigured chart looks like this:

P70-12 24 1-(18)-08202020.png

Editing Swimlane Levels with Zebra Stripes

In most cases, swimlanes and swimlane level cells can be edited regardless of whether swimlane levels are zebra striped or not.

For more information on editing swimlane properties, please see the article at: Editing Swimlane Properties

Adding a Swimlane

If you add a blank/empty swimlane to the chart, OnePager maintains the swimlane level zebra striping scheme as specified in the Chart Properties form by including the added swimlane as part of the scheme, assuming no maverick swimlane colors are contained in the chart. As an example, the chart below has a blank/empty swimlane added below the Left#2 Planning Swimlane and applied to the chart configuration just above:

P70-12 24 1-(19)-08202020.png

In the chart illustrated above, OnePager maintains the arrangement of alternating color swimlane level zebra stripes starting with Color 2 at the bottom most swimlane and working upward alternating colors between Color 2 and Color 1 until the top most swimlane is zebra striped.

Hiding a Swimlane

If we return to the original chart, and hide the Left#2 Integration & Testing swimlane, OnePager again maintains the same alternating color scheme from the bottom most swimlane to the top most swimlane in the chart as shown here after the designated Left#2 Integration & Testing swimlane is hidden:

P70-12 24 1-(20)-08202020.png

The above chart maintains it proper swimlane level zebra striping scheme after the swimlane is hidden.

Hiding a Row within a Swimlane

When swimlane levels are zebra striped, the striping is at the swimlane level and rows within the swimlane levels come along for the ride so to speak. Hiding a row in any swimlane in a chart where swimlane level zebra striping is specified decreases the height of the swimlane without making any change to the swimlane level zebra striping scheme.

For more information on hiding and unhiding rows and swimlanes, please see the article at: Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes

Other Swimlane Edits

OnePager attempts to maintain the specified swimlane level zebra striping when other row and swimlane edits are applied in the Chart Editor such as (1) Adding a swimlane, (2) Splitting swimlanes, (3) Grouping rows into swimlanes, (4) Adding a row to a swimlane, (5) Making each row into a swimlane (right-most swimlane level only), and (6) Merging swimlanes.

For more information on the row edits mentioned above, please see the respective articles at links given below:

Adding a Row or Swimlane
Splitting Swimlanes
Grouping Rows into Swimlanes
Adding a Row to a Swimlane
Making Each Row into a Swimlane
Merging Swimlanes

Mavericking A Swimlane Level Background Color

Returning to the starting configuration of the chart with Left#2 swimlane level zebra stripes, if we maverick the swimlanes Background color, that mavericked Background color is retained no matter how the swimlanes in the chart may be manipulated as described in previous examples. To show this, suppose we maverick the Background color of the Left#2 Integration & Testing swimlane such that the new Background color for the swimlane and its member lower swimlane levels, text column cells, and rows are yellow as shown here:

P70-12 24 1-(21)-08202020.png

To complete the example, if we now add a blank/empty Left#2 swimlane level below the Left#2 Integration & Testing swimlane, the chart is reconfigured to look like this:

P70-12 24 1-(22)-08202020.png

While the swimlane level zebra striping scheme may cause a change around the swimlane with the maverick Background color, the swimlane level zebra striping scheme is maintained for the chart. Moving swimlanes up and down in the chart (at any of the three swimlane levels) using the swimlane drag and drop method does not alter the overall swimlane level zebra striping scheme.

For more information on moving swimlane up and down in the chart, please see the article at: Moving Swimlanes

Using Other Color Chart Fill Patterns in OnePager Pro Charts

In addition to the row zebra striping and the three swimlane level zebra striping schemes, there are five other Chart fill patterns: options available for use as described in this section.

Solid Color Option for the Graph Area

The Solid Chart fill pattern: uses only Color 1 to put a solid color into the graph area only as shown below:

P70-12 24 1-(23)-08202020.png

The Solid Chart fill pattern: option does not Background color either text column cells or any swimlane level cells defined and showing in the chart. The Color 2 dropdown list is ignored using the Solid Chart fill pattern: option. Rows and swimlanes can be edited within the Chart Editor in most any manner and unchanged rows and swimlanes retain the selected Solid Chart fill pattern: as demonstrated in the two previous sections of this article for row zebra striping and swimlane level zebra striping.

Top to Bottom Color Option for the Graph Area

The Top to Bottom Chart fill pattern: option uses both Color 1 and Color 2 to show a transition of color in the graph area from Color 1 at the top of the graph area to Color 2 at the bottom of the graph area as shown dramatically in the illustration below:

P70-12 24 1-(24)-08202020.png

The Top to Bottom Chart fill pattern: option does not involve either text column cells or any swimlane level cells defined and showing in the chart. Color 1 and Color 2 choice are both used in the Top to Bottom Chart fill pattern: option. Rows and swimlanes can be edited within the Chart Editor in most any manner and unchanged rows and swimlanes retain the selected Top to Bottom Chart fill pattern: as demonstrated in the two previous sections of this article for row zebra striping and swimlane level zebra striping.

Bottom to Top Color Option for the Graph Area

The Bottom to Top Chart fill pattern: option uses both Color 1 and Color 2 to show a transition of color in the graph area from Color 2 at the top of the graph area to Color 1 at the bottom of the graph area as shown in the illustration below:

P70-12 24 1-(25)-08202020.png

The Bottom to Top Chart fill pattern: option does not involve either text column cells or any swimlane level cells defined and showing in the chart. Color 1 and Color 2 choice are both used in the Bottom to Top Chart fill pattern: option. Rows and swimlanes can be edited within the Chart Editor in most any manner and unchanged rows and swimlanes retain the selected Top to Bottom Chart fill pattern: as demonstrated in the two previous sections of this article for row zebra striping and swimlane level zebra striping.

Left to Right Color Option for the Graph Area

The Left to Right Chart fill pattern: option uses both Color 1 and Color 2 to show a transition of color in the graph area from Color 1 at the left of the graph area to Color 2 at the right of the graph area as shown in the illustration below:

P70-12 24 1-(26)-08202020.png

The settings in the Chart Properties form’s Main tab for the Left to Right Chart fill pattern: for the above illustration are shown here:

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The Left to Right Chart fill pattern: option does not involve either text column cells or any swimlane level cells defined and showing in the chart. Color 1 and Color 2 choice are both used in the Left to Right Chart fill pattern: option. Rows and swimlanes can be edited within the Chart Editor in most any manner and unchanged rows and swimlanes retain the selected Left to Right Chart fill pattern: as demonstrated in the two previous sections of this article for row zebra striping and swimlane level zebra striping.

Right to Left Color Option for the Graph Area

The Right to Left Chart fill pattern: option uses both Color 1 and Color 2 to show a transition of color in the graph area from Color 1 at the right of the graph area to Color 2 at the left of the graph area as shown in the illustration below:

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The settings in the Chart Properties form’s Main tab for the Right to Left Chart fill pattern: for the above illustration are shown here:

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The Right to Left Chart fill pattern: option does not involve either text column cells or any swimlane level cells defined and showing in the chart. Color 1 and Color 2 choice are both used in the Right to Left Chart fill pattern: option. Rows and swimlanes can be edited within the Chart Editor in most any manner and unchanged rows and swimlanes retain the selected Right to Left Chart fill pattern: as demonstrated in the two previous sections of this article for row zebra striping and swimlane level zebra striping.


Related Links

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

Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes (Portal)

About OnePager's Rows and Swimlanes

Collecting, Formatting, and Sorting Task/Milestones into Rows

Creating, Formatting, and Sorting Swimlanes Levels

Creating and Formatting Text Columns

Row and Swimlane Borders

Editing Text Columns or Swimlane Labels

Manually Hiding and Unhiding Swimlane Levels

Resizing the Width of Text Columns and Swimlanes

Moving Rows

Moving Swimlanes

Resizing the Height of Rows

Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes

Adding a Row or Swimlane

Adding a Row to a Swimlane

Making Each Row into a Swimlane

Merging Swimlanes

Editing Swimlane Properties

Zebra Striping for Rows and Swimlanes for OnePager Express

Editing with the Chart Properties form (Portal)

Managing Templates (Portal)

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