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==About Manual Task Links==

This article covers the enhancements made to manual '''Task Links''' in OnePager Pro.

First, the article reviews the basis controls for '''adding''' and '''deleting '''manual '''Task Links''' and goes on to cover other related command for managing manual '''Task Links''' in the chart with the '''Chart Editor'''.  Next, the '''Daisy Chain''' feature is discussed and how it can be used to '''create''' a set of manual '''Task Links '''connecting two or more task bar/milestone symbols.

The next section covers all the controls available in the '''Chart Editor '''for '''editing''' manual '''Task Links'''.

Following is a discussion of '''Global editing '''techniques for manual '''Task Links''' using the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties ''' forms.

The final section provides intermediate information on other topics such as selecting multiple '''Task Links''', re-positioning '''Task Link connection lines '''with the '''drag and drop method''', and taking task bar into consideration when re-positioning '''connection lines'''.

==Basic Management of Manual Task Links==

===Adding Manual Task Links===

Adding manual '''Task Links''' to the chart requires you to identify at least two (2)  task bar/milestone symbols to serve as the manual '''Task Link''' pair.  Select at least '''two''' tasks by left-clicking the first task bar or milestone symbol ('''predecessor''') and then use the '''CTL+left-click '''to select the '''second''' and following '''(successor''') task(s). 

It is important for establishing the '''direction''' of the manual '''Task Link''' that the task bar/milestone symbol '''selection sequence''' is FIRST '''predecessor''' and SECOND '''successor'''.  Then go to the '''Insert''' tab on the OnePager Pro ribbon and click the '''Task Link''' button:

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The manual '''Task Link '''appears in the chart between the '''selected''' task bars or milestone symbols:

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You can '''edit''' a manual '''Task Link''' by right-clicking on it to access the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''' that looks like this:

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Selecting more than one '''successor''' task bar/milestone symbol is supported by OnePager and is called a manual '''Task Link Daisy Chain'''.

===Alternative Method for Adding Manual Task Links===

A '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu''' command, '''Insert task link(s)''', is available in the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu''' when two or more task bars/milestone symbols are '''selected''' as shown below

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The '''Insert task links(s) '''command is not available in the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu '''when only '''one''' task bar/milestone symbol is '''selected'''.  With two or more task bars/milestone symbols '''selected''', clicking the '''Insert task link(s)''' command '''inserts''' a manual '''Task Link''' from the first task selected ('''predecessor''') to the last ('''successor''') task '''selected'''.

===The Where Are My Links? Form===

With the addition of '''Data-driven Task Links''' in OnePager Pro, it is necessary to provide you  a list of manual''' '''and '''Data-driven Task Links''' to assist with the management of all '''Task Links '''in the chart and its snapshots.  The '''Where Are My Links''' form was created for this purpose and is shown below:

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The '''Where Are My Links? '''form is accessed easily from the OnePager Pro '''Home '''ribbon in the '''Editing''' group of controls using the '''Show/Hide''' dropdown as shown below:

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The '''Where Are My Links?''' form can also be accessed in the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Task Links '''tab in the '''Data-Driven Task Links '''control group as shown below:

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For more information on using the '''Where Are My Links? '''form, please see the article at: [[Using the Where Are My Links? Form for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Using the Where Are My Links? Form for OnePager Pro]] <!--19.5.1-70-->

===Deleting Manual Task Links===

To '''delete''' a manual '''Task Link''' from either the current snapshot or all snapshots, right-click on the manual '''Task Link''' to access the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''', and click one of the options for the '''Delete '''command in this '''context menu '''as shown below:

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'''Deleting''' a manual '''Task Link''' from a snapshot '''removes''' the entry for the manual '''Task Link deleted''' from the '''Where Are My Links? '''form.  Manual '''Task Links''' cannot be '''hidden''' whereas '''Data-driven Task Links''' can be '''hidden '''but not '''deleted'''.

===Ordering Manual Task Links===

The '''Order''' command in the manual '''task link''' right-click '''context menu '''allows you to place the '''selected''' manual '''Task Link(s)''' within the '''graph''' relative to other graphics in the '''Z-Level'''.  The '''Order''' command operates similar to other '''Order''' command operations in OnePager.   The '''Order''' command looks like this when you right-click a manual '''Task Link''':

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For more information on '''Deleting, ordering and changing images''', please see the article at: [[Deleting, Ordering, and Changing Images for Version 7.0 | Deleting, Ordering, and Changing Images]] <!--20.4.1-70-->

===Adding Another ... Manual Task Link===

The '''Add Another …''' command in the manual '''task link''' right-click '''context menu '''accesses the '''Task Link Properties''' form for the '''selected''' tasks/milestone shapes.   This allows you to '''add another''' manual '''Task Link(s)''' between the same two or more '''selected''' task bar/milestone symbols.

Having two or more manual '''Task Links''' connecting the same set of task bars/milestone symbols allows you to alter the '''properties''' of the manual '''Task Links''' in the chart or to reroute their manual '''Task Link connection lines'''.   When an '''another manual Task Link''' is added to the chart, the added manual '''Task Link '''is [['''superimposed''']] over the original manual '''Task Link '''but automatically '''shown''' as '''selected'''.  Often, the '''added manual Task Link''' cannot be clearly seen, but it is there, so it is recommended that you '''edit''' the routing of this additional manual '''Task Link’s connection line '''as shown below where the second manual '''Task Link’s connection line''' is moved to the right:

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The additional manual '''Task Link''' added to the chart is also represented as a new entry in the '''Where Are My Links? '''form as shown below:

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===Putting Links in all Snapshots===

The '''Put in all snapshots '''command assures that in a '''multi-snapshot chart''' the '''selected''' manual '''Task Link''' is included in all snapshots where the two or more participating tasks appear and other conditions are met.   To have manual '''Task Links''' appear in only '''some''' snapshots they must be first established in '''all''' snapshots and manually '''deleted''' from those snapshots where the manual '''Task Links''' are not desired.  You have the option, as noted in the '''Delete '''manual '''Task Links''' discussion above, to '''Delete '''manual '''Task Links''' from individual snapshots.   To do this requires going to the desired snapshot and specifically using the '''Delete '''command from the '''selected''' manual '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''' with the '''From this snapshot''' sub-command to achieve the desired result.   This option works in the same way as '''Deleting Curtains''' from specific snapshots.  

For more information on '''Creating and managing curtains''', please see the article at:  [[Creating and Managing Curtains for Version 7.0 | Creating and Managing Curtains]] <!--16.0.1-70-->

==Creating Daisy Chained Manual Task Links==

As discussed above by '''selecting''' more than two task bars/milestone symbols you can create a series of manual '''Task Links''' called a '''Daisy Chain '''connecting the '''multiple''' task bars/milestone symbols you '''selected''' in one operation.  Creating a '''Daisy Chain '''of manual '''Task Links''' is a two-step process.  First, using your mouse and the '''CTL+Left-Click''', make a series of mouse '''selections''' of task bars/milestone symbols in the order desired from '''Predecessor''' to the last '''Successor '''task bar/milestone symbol as shown here:

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The second step is to click the '''Task Link''' button on the OnePager ribbon’s '''Insert''' tab shown here:

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At the completion of the second step, the chart looks like this after you increased the '''row height''' and '''widen''' the '''Task Links''' to better '''show''' the '''Daisy Chain '''of three manual '''Task Links''':

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Manual '''Task Links''' created with this procedure are created as '''Finish-to-Start''' '''Dependency types''' and have '''connection lines''' routed by OnePager to minimize conflicts with other graphics.

====Alternative Method for Creating a Daisy Chain====

'''Daisy Chained '''manual''' Task Links''' can also be '''created''' by '''selecting''' the task bars/milestone symbols as described above but using the right-click on any of the '''selected''' task bar/milestone symbol to access the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu’s Insert task link(s) '''command to create the desired '''Daisy Chain''' as shown in the following example:

Start with the chart below where the '''selected''' task bars/milestone symbols are to be connected with a '''Daisy Chained '''manual '''Task Link''' as the first step.

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The second step is to right-click any of the selected task bars/milestone symbols to access the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu''' shown below:

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When you click the '''Insert task link(s)''' command in the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu '''the '''Daisy Chained '''manual '''Task Link''' looks like this after '''widening''' the '''Task Links''':

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====Creating Daisy Chains with the Lasso  Option====

For creating simple '''daisy chains''' of manual '''Task Links''' it can be easier to use the '''lasso''' technique with the mouse left-click '''drag and drop '''feature to '''select''' all the task bars/milestone symbols you want to be included in the '''daisy chain''' of manual '''Task Links'''.  For example, below the mouse is used to '''select''' all visible task bars/milestone symbols by including them inside the '''lasso''' as shown:

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Releasing the mouse left-click in the lower right of the chart selects all the task bars/milestone symbols within the boundary of the '''Lasso''' as shown here:

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To complete the process, right-click on any selected task bar/milestone symbol to access '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu '''and click the '''Insert task link(s)''' command.  

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Doing this causes OnePager to draw the '''daisy chain '''manual '''Task Links''' as shown below with the '''Task Links''' '''widened''':

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====Creating Daisy Chains with Select all Ribbon Option====

As an alternative to using the '''lasso''' to '''select''' all task bars/milestone symbols, you can use the OnePager ribbon’s '''Home''' tab in the '''Editing '''group of controls to make the selection.   To do this click on the '''Select all '''dropdown control in the group and select the '''Tasks/Milestones''' command as shown here:

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Once all the task bars/milestone symbols are '''selected''', proceed with a right-click on any '''selected''' task bar/milestone symbol to access the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu''' and click the '''Insert task link(s)''' command.  Using the '''Select all''' technique to create a '''daisy chain '''of manual '''Task Links''' tells OnePager that you want the resulting '''daisy chain '''to progress from upper left to lower right. Not '''selecting''' all tasks/milestone shapes creates a '''daisy chain''' just involving those '''selected''' task bars/milestone symbols with manual '''Task Links''' applied in '''the order that your manual selection of the task bars/milestone symbols was made'''.

If you need to '''select''' some task bars/milestone symbols but not all by using the '''CTL+Left-Click''' technique for '''selection''', OnePager can create a '''daisy chain '''of manual '''Task Links''' in the '''order selected''' as shown below where not all visible task bars/milestone symbols are selected.

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With the chart and the task bar/milestone symbol '''selections''' shown above, using either the '''ribbon command''' or the '''task bar''' right-click '''context menu''' command to '''Insert task link(s)''', results with '''widened''' '''Task Links''' is shown below:

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'''Caution:'''  Some care is needed when using a combination of the '''Lasso''' or '''Select all''' technique with individual task bar/milestone symbol '''selections or de-selections''' to identify those task bars/milestone symbols to participate in the creation of a '''daisy chain'''.   If you do the combination of '''Lasso''' and then, holding the '''CTL+Left-Click''', you individually '''select''' additional task bars/milestone symbols, OnePager may not be able to follow your sequence and interpret your intentions.

It is recommended that you '''do not combine''' these techniques for '''selecting''' task bars/milestone symbols in a single action but use separate actions in individual steps with the '''Insert task link(s)''' command used between steps while making sure that '''selected''' task bars/milestone symbols are '''de-selected''' between steps.

==Editing Manual Task Links==

===Manual Editing of Task Link Properties in the Chart Editor===

Manual '''Task Links''' can be easily '''edited''' in the chart.  '''Editing manual Task Links''' results in the '''edited manual Task Link''' becoming a '''maverick'''. 

Manual '''editing''' of '''Task Links''' can be done by accessing the '''Task Link Properties''' form which contains the controls found in the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Task Links '''tab’s '''Default Task-Links Formatting '''control group.  

Using the '''Chart Properties''' form to '''edit''' '''Task Links '''is discussed below.

The '''Task Link Properties '''form is accessed by right-clicking on the manual '''Task Link''' to access the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''' and then clicking the '''Properties ...''' command as shown here:

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The '''Task Link Properties '''form looks like this:

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After making your '''edits''' to the selected '''Task Link(s)''', click the '''OK '''button to '''apply''' them to the selected '''Task Link(s)'''.  This action applies all the '''edits''' you made to the '''selected''' '''Task Link(s)''' at one time.   You can return to the '''Task Link Properties '''form as many times as necessary for further '''editing''' to selected '''Task Link(s)'''.  To restore a manual '''Task Link''' back to its '''default format setting''' you need to '''select''' the '''maverick Task Link(s)''' as shown above and then access the '''Task Link Properties '''form again. 

When the '''Task Link Properties '''form appears, click the '''Use Default Format''' button followed by clicking the '''OK''' button on the form as shown below to restore the '''Task Link''' to default settings:

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====Editing Individual Manual Task Links====

Individually '''editing''' manual '''Task Link''' is initiated by right-clicking on the manual '''Task Link''' to access the '''selected''' manual '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''' shown below:

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====Delete Command====

'''Deleting''' a manual '''Task Link''' includes two options:  (1) '''At this snapshot''' and (2)''' At all snapshots'''.   '''Deleting''' a manual '''Task Link At this snapshot''' and '''removes''' its presence from the current snapshot.    The action also un-checks the entry for this manual '''Task Link''' in the '''Where Are My Links?''' form for this snapshot but the entry remains in the form. 

At this point you can '''UNDO''' the action whereupon the '''selected''' manual '''Task Link '''is '''shown''' and the entry for the “deleted at this snapshot” manual '''Task Link''' is rechecked '''ON''' in the '''Where Are My Links?''' form.  Rechecking the entry '''ON''' yourself also '''restores''' the subject manual '''Task Link '''at the current snapshot. 

'''Deleting''' a manual '''Task Link At all snapshots removes''' the '''Task Links '''presence from '''all snapshots''' and '''deletes''' the manual '''Task Link’s '''entry in the '''Where Are My Links?''' form for all snapshots.   Since the entry in the '''Where Are My Links?''' form is gone; the '''deleted''' manual '''Task Link''' cannot be '''restored''' through the form.   However, an immediate '''UNDO restores''' the manual '''Task Link''' '''deleted''' '''At all snapshots''' to visibility in '''all''' snapshots of the chart and '''restores''' the entry in the '''Where Are My Links? '''form.

====Order, Add Another ..., and Put at all snapshots Commands====

The '''Order''', '''Add another …''', and '''Put at all snapshots''' commands are unchanged from previous versions of OnePager with respect to manual '''Task Links'''.  The '''Order '''command allows you to place the '''Task Link''' within the display area relative to other graphics in the same '''Z-Level'''.   This command operates similar to other '''Order''' operations in OnePager.  

The '''Order''' command appears like this when you right-click a link:

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The '''Add another … '''command, when clicked, immediately adds another '''Task Link '''to the selected pair of task bars or milestone symbols with the same properties as the original manual '''Task Link''' selected.  This allows you to '''“add another”''' manual '''Task Link '''between the two '''selected''' task bars/milestone symbols with different properties.  The example below shows a second manual '''Task Link''' added that is positioned further to the right of the first selected manual '''Task Link''':

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The '''Put in all snapshots''' command assures that in '''multi-snapshot''' charts that the selected '''Task Link''' is included in snapshots where the two participating task/milestones shapes appear and meet other conditions.  To have manual '''Task Links''' appear in only '''some''' snapshots, they must first be established in '''all''' '''snapshots''' and manually '''deleted''' in those snapshots where the '''Task Links''' are not desired.  You have the option, as noted in the '''delete''' manual '''Task Links''' discussion above, to '''delete '''manual''' Task Links''' in individual snapshots.  

To do this requires going to the desired snapshot and specifically using the '''Delete''' command with the '''At this snapshot''' sub-command to achieve the desired result as shown below:  

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Clicking the '''Properties …''' command for a manual '''Task Link '''accesses the '''Task Link Properties''' form as shown here:

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When a manual '''Task Link(s)''' are '''selected''' and the '''Properties… '''command is selected from the '''task  link''' right-click '''context menu''', all controls in the '''Task Link Properties''' form are '''enabled'''.   You have the capability to modify all '''properties''' of the manual '''Task Links selected''' including the '''Horizontal Anchor points '''and '''Dependency Type:'''.  For manual '''Task Links''', all the controls in the '''Horizontal Anchor''' control group are '''enabled''' when the '''Dependency Type:''' window is set to '''Custom'''.   If you specify a specific '''Dependency Type''' for a '''selected''' manual '''Task Link '''(other than '''Custom'''), the '''slider bars''' for the '''Predecessor''' and '''Successor''' are '''disabled''' as shown below: 

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For manual''' Task Links''', the '''Line Style''', '''Arrow Style''', '''Link Comments''', and '''Vertical Anchor '''control groups are '''enabled'''.   The control groups in this form are almost identical to the '''Default Task-Link Formatting''' control group in the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Link''' Tab.   Making an '''edit''' in the above form such that the '''edit''' deviates from the '''default settings''' established in the '''Chart Properties''' form changes the selected '''Task Link(s)''' to a '''maverick.'''

The settings for a '''maverick Task Link''' can be '''restored''' to the '''default settings''' by clicking the '''Use Format Defaults''' button shown above.  This action '''restores''' the '''maverick Task Link '''to the settings in the current '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Link '''tab shown in the '''Default Task-Link Formatting '''control''' '''group of the form.  Since making '''Task Link mavericks''' is considered to be '''formatting''', '''edits''' to a '''Task Link''' in one snapshot '''mavericks '''that '''Task Link '''in '''all''' snapshots.   When clicking the '''Use Format Defaults''' button to '''restore default format properties''' to a '''Task Link''' in one snapshot, the action '''restores default format properties''' to that '''Task Link '''in '''all''' '''snapshots''' where it appears.  Recall that '''default Task Link '''settings can include '''Task Link Filter rules''' established in the '''Template Properties''' form or by using the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Link '''tab’s '''Manage Rules …''' button and the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form.  Clicking the '''Use Format Defaults''' button '''resets defaults''' for selected manual '''Task Links'''.

===Enhanced Manual Task Link Property Formatting Capabilities===

====Using the Task Link Properties Form to Edit Task Link Format Properties====

As mentioned above, OnePager has an enhanced formatting repertoire for '''Task Links '''to give you more options.   The '''Task Link Properties '''form is very useful for '''editing''' the '''format properties''' of '''Data-driven '''and manual '''Task Links'''.

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

Previously, you only had the '''solid connection line type'''.   In OnePager, all '''five connection line type options''' that are currently supported for '''connection lines''' to '''baselines''', '''deadlines''', '''endpoints '''to task bars/milestone symbols are included. 

These '''five connection line options''' are shown below:

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=====Arrow Style=====

In OnePager there are enhanced '''Arrow Styles''' as shown below:

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There are five (5) '''Begin Type arrow styles '''and five (5) '''End Type arrow styles '''to select from.   The default setting is the '''None '''selection for the '''Begin Type''' and the '''Arrow''' selection for the '''End Type'''.  OnePager recognizes which end of the '''connection line''' is the '''Begin''' and '''End '''based upon the '''Dependency Type'''.

'''Caution:''' You can override OnePager’s determination of '''Begin''' and '''End Types''' by making your own '''selections''' in the dropdown windows shown in the above form.

=====Corner Radius=====

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

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

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

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=====Dependency Type=====

For manual''' Task Links''', you have the option of selecting the''' Dependency type''' from one of the following:

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'''Selecting''' the dropdown’s '''Custom''' option '''enables '''the '''slider bars''' to be used to position the '''Horizontal Anchor points''' for the '''predecessor''' and '''successor'''.  '''Selecting''' any of the other '''Dependency Type:''' options '''disable '''the '''slider bars '''because the selection in the '''Dependency Type:''' dropdown determines the '''Horizontal Anchor points'''.  There is an additional '''Task Link Dependency type''' for manual '''Task Links '''called the '''Custom Dependency type'''.  

The '''Custom Dependency type''' is the '''default''' setting when you place a manual '''Task Link '''into the chart and shows in the '''Dependency Type:''' window of the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Task Link '''tab and '''Task Link Properties '''form.   The initial '''Custom Dependency Type''' for manual '''Task Links''' is Finish-to-Start ('''FS''').   You can '''edit''' the '''default''' setting for manual '''Task Links '''to any other '''Dependency Type '''(i.e., '''FF''', '''FS''', '''SF''', or '''SS''') which sets the manual '''Task Links''' horizontal '''Begin point '''and '''End point shape’s positions'''.   If you reset the '''Dependency Type''' for a manual '''Task Link '''using the '''Dependency Type:''' dropdown window in the forms, the '''slider bars '''for '''Predecessor '''or '''Successor''' are '''disabled'''.   Leaving the '''Dependency Type:''' window set to '''Custom''' '''enables''' the '''slider bars '''for '''Predecessor '''and '''Successor '''and allows you to use them to position '''Begin point '''and '''End point shapes '''for the manual '''Task Link'''.

When a manual '''Task Link '''is '''selected''' with a right-click and the '''Properties … '''command is selected the '''Task Link Properties''' form is brought up as shown below:

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=====Task Link Vertical Anchors=====

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

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

<center>[[File:P70-19_1_2_1-70-70-(39)-09292020.png|link=]]</center>
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'''Middle''': The '''Task Link''' '''connection line anchors''' at the '''vertical center''' of the task bar/milestone symbol and '''departs horizontally''' or '''vertically '''from the '''middle'''.  

<center>[[File:P70-19_1_2_1-70-70-(40)-09292020.png|link=]]</center>
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'''Bottom''':  The '''Task Link connection line anchors''' at the '''bottom '''of the task or '''departs vertically''' or '''horizontally '''from the '''bottom'''.

<center>[[File:P70-19_1_2_1-70-70-(41)-09292020.png|link=]]</center>
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'''Auto''':  The '''Auto''' '''option''' is the '''default''' option employed by OnePager so that it can initially make decisions on how best to '''vertically position''' the '''Begin point''' and '''End point shapes''' of the '''Task Link''' '''connection line''' routing through the chart.  The '''Task Link’s Dependency Type''' is preserved.

===Editing Daisy Chain Properties in the Chart Editor===

Recall that '''Daisy Chains''' are represented in the chart as a set of individual manual '''Task Links''' conveniently created using a simple technique.  As such, the manual '''Task Links''' included in the '''Daisy Chain '''set can be '''edited '''using the techniques discussed above by '''selecting''' either a '''single''' manual '''Task Link '''in the set or '''multiple''' manual '''Task Links'''.   Once selected '''editing''' is accomplished as described above.

Manual '''Task Links''' included in the '''Daisy Chain '''set are not represented as such in the '''Where Are My Links?''' form but as individual manual '''Task Link '''entries.

==Global Task Link Property Editing Capabilities Using the Template Properties and Chart Properties forms==

'''Global editing''' of all '''Task Links '''can be performed in two (2) ways: 

:1) Using the '''Template Properties '''form’s '''Task Link''' tab, or

:2) Using the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Link '''tab

Both the '''Template Properties '''and the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Link '''tabs are almost the same controls so this section describes the controls in the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Link''' tab.   These same control operations work the same in the '''Template Properties''' form’s''' Task Link''' tab.

===Template Properties Form Task Link Properties Tab===

As with all '''editing''' with the '''Template Properties''' form, '''edits''' made in the '''Template Properties''' form control how the first chart is '''created''' and what settings are promulgated to the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Task Links''' tab.  After a chart is '''created''', '''global editing''' is performed with the '''Chart Properties''' form.  

The '''Template Properties''' form's '''Task Link''' tab looks like this:

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===Chart Properties Form Task Link Properties Tab===

The '''Template Properties '''form and the '''Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Links''' tab have a '''“Master”''' control for turning the '''Task Link '''feature '''ON''' and '''OFF''' and '''two major control groups''' for the '''Chart Properties '''form are shown below:

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The '''Show task links '''checkbox is the major control available in both the '''Template Properties''' and''' Chart Properties''' form’s '''Task Links '''tab.   This checkbox, when checked '''ON''', '''enables''' the entire '''Task Link''' feature in OnePager.   If this checkbox is turned '''OFF''' in the '''Template Properties '''form, no '''Data-driven Task Links '''are '''imported'''.   Likewise, if this checkbox is turned '''Off '''in the '''Template Properties '''form, no manual '''Task Links '''can be created.   The '''Default Task Link Formatting '''control group is set to the distributed '''default '''settings for manual and '''Data-driven Task Links'''.   These controls are used for detailed formatting of all '''Task Links''' '''shown'''.  

The control sub-group controls include:

:1) '''Line Style''' sub-group:  The '''Line Style''' controls provide the means to select the '''connection line color''', the '''Width''' of the '''connection lines''', the '''connection line Dash type''', and the '''connection line Corner radius'''.

:2) The '''Line Style''' '''Width''' and '''Dash type''' are defined the same as used elsewhere in OnePager for '''connection lines''' associated with '''baselines''', '''endpoints''', and '''comment boxes'''. 

:3) The '''Corner radius''' is a parameter denoting the number of pixels that are used to make the '''connection line’s''' 90 degree corners.  

:4) The larger the pixel count, the more rounded the '''connection line''' corner appears.  

:5) For more information on this subject please see this section in the article at: [[Manual Task Links for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0#Using the Task Link Properties Form to Edit Task Link Format Properties | Using the Task Link Properties Form to Edit Task Link Format Properties]] <!--19.1.2.1-70-->

:6) '''Arrow Style''':  The '''Arrow Style''' control sub-group allows you to select the '''Begin Type anchor point shape''' and '''End Type anchor point shape''' for each '''Task Link'''.  

:7) You also have control over the '''size '''of each '''anchor point shape'''.

:8) '''Horizontal Anchor (Manual Task Links Only)''' controls: This control sub-group permits you to specify the '''Dependency Type''' for manual '''Task Links '''only.  

:9) You also have '''slider bar''' controls over the positioning of the '''Begin''' '''point shape''' of the '''Task Link''' on the '''predecessor '''task bar/milestone symbol and the positioning of the '''End point shape''' on the '''successor '''task bar/milestone symbol.    

:10) '''Vertical Anchor (All Task Links) '''controls: This control sub-group gives you control over where the '''Task Links''' are connected to the '''predecessor '''and '''successor''' task bars/milestone symbols in terms of the '''Top''' of the task bar/milestone symbol, the '''Middle''', or the '''Bottom''' for '''predecessor '''and '''successor '''task bars/milestone symbols.  

:11) Clicking the '''Auto''' radio button '''ON''' tells OnePager to make this determination as best it can to avoid cluttering within the chart.

The '''Data-Driven Task Links '''control group does not apply to manual '''Task Links''' but is mentioned here for completeness in this discussion because it controls the '''import''' of '''Data-driven Task Links'''.  The '''Data-Driven Task Links''' control group provides the controls for turning''' On''' and '''OFF''' the '''Data-driven Task Link''' '''import '''and '''show '''feature,   The control group specifies globally what '''Data-driven Task Links''' are '''shown'''.   It provides access to the '''Task Link Filter Rules''' form.   And, it provides access to the '''Where Are My Links? '''form.

==Other Topics==

===Selecting Multiple Task Links to Edit with the Task Link Properties Form===

OnePager Pro permits you to select multiple manual '''Task Links''' using the '''CTL+Left-Click''' method.  Because there are two (2) different types of '''Task Links''' that can be '''shown''', it is '''recommended''' that when making '''multiple Task Link selections''' that the set '''selected''' consist of only '''one type'''.  When you want to access the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''' and you '''select Task Links '''of '''different types''', OnePager provides the '''context menu''' for the '''Task Link '''type which you used the right-click to access the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu'''.

If you '''selected''' a manual '''Task Link''' first, and with the '''CTL+Left-Click, selected''' a '''Data-driven Task Link '''second, followed by a right-click on the '''Data-driven Task Link, '''OnePager provides the '''Data-driven Task Link''' right-click '''context menu''' shown below:

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If you reverse the '''selection''' above and right-click on the manual '''Task Link '''second, OnePager provides the manual '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''' shown here:

<center>[[File:P70-19_1_2_1-70-70-(45)-09292020.png|link=]]</center>
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The difference between the two types of '''context menus''' is that the '''Data-driven Task Link''' right-click '''context menu''' has the '''Hide '''command while the manual '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''' has the '''Delete '''command.  The remaining commands in the two types of '''context menus''' are almost identical with the exception that the manual '''task link''' right-click '''context menu''' has the '''Add another …''' command and the '''Data-driven Task Link''' right-click '''context menu''' does not.  When you do make '''multiple Task Link selections''' of '''different types''' of '''Task Links''' and use one of the '''task link''' right-click '''context menu '''to access the '''Task Links Properties '''form by clicking the '''Properties … '''command in the '''context menu''', the '''Task Links Properties '''form looks like this:

<center>[[File:P70-19_1_2_1-70-70-(46)-09292020.png|link=]]</center>
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In the '''Task Link Properties''' form above accessed by '''multiple selection of different types''' of '''Task Links''', all control groups are '''enabled '''except the '''Horizontal Anchor (Manual Links Only) '''control group which is '''disabled'''.   
For all the '''selected Task Links''' regardless of type (manual or '''Data-driven''') you can '''edit''' the '''Line Style''', '''Arrow Style''', '''Link Comments''', and '''Vertical Anchor (All Links) '''settings.

'''Caution: '''You can override OnePager’s determination of '''Begin''' and '''End Types''' by making your own '''selections''' in the above form.   When you make '''multiple Task Link selections''' of the '''same type''' of '''Task Links''' and use the designated '''context menu '''to access the '''Task Links Properties '''form by clicking the '''Properties … '''command in the designated '''context menu''', the '''Task Links Properties '''form looks the same as the illustration above except that OnePager can be able to identify the '''connection line color''' and show it in the form.  When '''multiple Data-driven Task Links '''are '''selected''', the '''Task Link Properties '''form is accessed with the '''Horizontal Anchor (Manual Links Only)''' control group '''disabled'''.  All other control groups are '''enabled''' in this situation.  When '''multiple''' manual''' Task Links''' are '''selected''', the '''Task Link Properties '''form is accessed with all control groups '''enabled'''.

===Repositioning Task Link Connection Lines Using Drag and Drop Methods===

You can use '''drag and drop''' methods for '''editing''' the '''connection line '''routing of '''Task Links '''and the position of '''Begin '''and '''End point shapes '''on their respective task/milestones.   This capability is not provided in previous versions of OnePager but it is in OnePager as described here.  When one or more '''Task Links''' are '''selected''', the '''Task Link Begin '''and '''End point shapes''' are represented with '''green grab points '''on '''predecessor '''and '''successor '''task bars as shown in the illustration in the next paragraph.  '''Task Link connection lines''' have '''yellow grab points''' on the '''connection''' '''line segments''' in the middle if the '''Task Link''' is displayed as a '''multi-segment connection line''' as shown in the examples below:

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Clicking on any of these '''grab points''' allows you to use your mouse to move the '''Begin '''or''' End point shapes '''or the '''connection line segments''' in the '''Chart Editor'''.   Although you can select multiple '''Task Links''' and the '''green''' and '''yellow''' '''grab points''' are provided, OnePager only allows you to use the '''drag and drop''' method of repositioning the '''connection line''' or the '''Begin '''or '''End point shape''' on one '''Task Link '''at a time.   When using the '''drag and drop '''method, the other selected '''Task Links '''remain selected.  For''' Begin''' and '''End point shapes''', the '''green grab points '''do not come off of the task/milestone.   The selection''' grab points''' behave as described below when using your mouse to adjust their positions.

====Beginning and Ending Green Grab Points==== 

These '''green grab points''' can be moved up and down between three positions on the task bar/milestone symbol to fine tune their position '''vertically '''as shown in the sequence below:  

<center>'''Initial Configuration of Task Link Finish-to-Start'''</center>
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<center>'''Task Link End Point Shape Selected Showing Snap-To-Grab Points'''</center>
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When a '''Task Link '''is '''selected''' as shown in the first illustration above, OnePager indicates where the '''Begin '''and '''End point shapes positions''' are with '''green grab points'''.   If you '''select''' the '''End point shape''' of the '''Task Link '''as shown in the second illustration above, OnePager provides '''unfilled green grab points''' to indicate valid '''snap-to-positions''' for the '''End point shape.'''  If you position the '''Task Link’s End point shape''' in between the '''snap-to-positions '''and release the mouse button the '''Task Link’s End point shape '''moves to the nearest '''snap-to-position'''.  
  
For manual '''Task Links''', you are able to '''drag''' the '''Begin''' and '''End point shape’s''' '''green grab points horizontally''' to adjust the '''horizontal anchor position '''as shown below:

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====Middle Yellow Grab Points====

When there is a '''multi-segment connection line '''representing a '''Task Link''', the '''yellow grab point(s) '''in the '''middle''' of the '''multi-segment connection line''' are displayed when the '''Task Link '''is selected''' '''as shown here:

<center>[[File:P70-19_1_2_1-70-70-(51)-09292020.png|link=]]</center>
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Grabbing a '''middle yellow grab point '''with the mouse allows you to move the '''yellow grab point '''in either a '''horizontal''' or '''vertical''' direction within the '''graph'''.   Attempting to move '''yellow grab point''' too far in the '''graph area '''can produce '''unexpected results'''.  You can manipulate the '''middle yellow grab point''' for either a manual '''Task Link''' without causing the '''Task Link''' to become a '''maverick'''.

===Repositioning Task Link Connection Lines on Various Task Bar Shapes===

OnePager Pro has a variety of task bars available, so there are a few tips for re-positioning '''Task Link Begin/End points '''you can use when working with a task bar with rounded or pointed ends.  The two task bars shown below are rectangular with a '''Task Link Connection Line''' '''Begin point''' originating the '''Predecessor’s bottom vertical anchor''' to the '''Successor’s top vertical anchor''':  

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Changing the '''Successor '''task bar to a shape with a point on both ends, as in the example below, shifts the '''Task Link Connection Line’s End point '''to appear to be at the '''Successor’s middle vertical anchor'''.   In reality, the top anchor position has moved downward on the shape do to its geometry.

<center>[[File:P70-19_1_2_1-70-70-(53)-09292020.png|link=]]</center>
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For a more clear view of how '''Task '''Links are attaching to your task bars, right-click on the '''Task Link '''and click the '''Properties … '''command.   You can now see that the '''Vertical Anchor point''' for this '''Successor '''task is likely set to '''Auto '''as shown here:

<center>[[File:P70-19_1_2_1-70-70-(54)-09292020.png|link=]]</center>
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'''Editing''' the '''Vertical Anchor '''settings for the '''Successor '''task to '''Top''', '''Middle''', or '''Bottom '''enables you to know for sure where the '''Task Link''' is attaching. 

<center>[[File:P70-19_1_2_1-70-70-(55)-09292020.png|link=]]</center>
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It is recommended that consideration be given to task bar and '''connection line routing''' when considering using the drag and drop method to reposition '''Task Link Begin/End Vertical Anchor points'''.

==Related Links==

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