Difference between revisions of "Linking Tasks and Milestones (Adding, Deleting, Modifying) for Version 5.3"

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About Links and Linking Tasks/Milestones

If you need to show dependencies, OnePager provides a means for you to link one task or milestone with another.

Adding and Deleting Links

1) Select two (and only two) links by clicking the first task or milestone and then clicking the second task or milestone while holding down the CTRL key.

2) Go to the Insert tab on the ribbon and click the Event Links button:

3) The Specify Event Links form will appear, allowing you to customize the style of the link:

4) Make the changes desired to the settings in the form and then click OK. The link will appear on the screen between the two selected tasks or milestones:

5) You may edit a link by right-clicking the link and selecting the appropriate command from the context menu that appears.

a) Delete To delete a task/milestone link either from the current snapshot or all snapshots, right-click on the link and choose one of the Delete options as shown below:

Ordering Links

b) Order The Ordercommand allows you to place the link within the display area relative to other graphics in the Z-direction. Please see the article on Deleting, Ordering, and Changing Images in the Background Images (Portal) group of articles. The Order command appears like this when you right-click a link:

Adding Another Link

c) Add another..." This command, when selected will bring up the “Specify Event Link” form involving the selected tasks/milestones. This allows you to add another link between the two selected task/milestones with different properties. The example below shows a second link added that is positioned further to the right of the first link:

Modifying Link Properties

d) The “Properties …” command is discussed more extensively below in the “Modifying Link Formatting” section below.

Putting Links in all Snapshots

e) This command will assure that in a multi-snapshot project view that the link upon which you right-clicked is included in all snapshots where the two participating tasks appear.

Modifying Link Formatting

Once a task/milestone link is created, its style can be modified as shown by the steps below:

1) Begin by right-clicking the link, and choosing “Properties …” command. This will bring up the same “Specify Event Links” form that appeared when the link was first created.

2) The following elements of a link may be modified:

a) Link annotation: Optional text that labels the task/milestone link. See “Link font” for instructions for changing “Link Annotation” properties.

b) Time position of link on first task/milestone: Slider bar that lets you position the starting point of the task/milestone link. This allows you to show a link that starts somewhere in the interior of a summary task.

c) Time position of link on second task/milestone: Slider bar that lets you position the ending point of the link somewhere in the interior of the second task/milestone.

d) Elbow position: Slider bar that lets you position the horizontal elbow of the task/milestone link. This is useful for making sure that the link annotation is not obscured by something else on the screen.

e) Arrows: Radio buttons that let you specify arrow point at the start and/or finish of the task/milestone link.

f) Link color: Color of the link line segment. The “Link color” drop down button provides access to the “Color Chooser” hence to alternative palettes and the “No Fill” feature.

g) Link thickness: Sets the thickness of the task/milestone link line segment. Line thickness is measured in the units established in the template (i.e., inches or centimeters).

h) Link font: Gives you access to the font properties for showing the task/milestone link annotation as shown below:

3) The “No Fill feature applies to Links and can be useful for representations of thick link segments. See the description of “No Fill” in a previous section.

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