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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
  
Previous versions of OnePager Express provided three (3) '''Time Axes''' with all the '''Cells''' in each '''Time Axis '''set at a uniform '''width '''as a function of the '''timespan''' and the '''width '''of the '''graph'''.  This '''“Linear” Time Axes''' implementation was sufficient for most presentations where the focus in the '''graph''' spans its entire '''timeline'''.  That is, there is important information in the '''graph''' from left to right and top to bottom.  There are schedule presentation requirements where it is necessary to focus attention on a '''narrower''' portion of the '''graph''' but to do so can require more '''horizontal '''space in the '''graph '''itself.  In this circumstance, being able to '''widen '''one or more '''Time Axis Level Cells '''to provide more '''horizontal '''space for focus, unobstructed views of '''Comment Boxes''', or '''Free Boxes '''is beneficial to accomplishing the presentation’s goals.
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===The Floating Time Axis Feature===
  
OnePager Express provides this capability as part of the '''Time Axis Upgrade''' in the form of the '''Non-Linear Time Axis '''feature presented in this article.  With the '''Non-Linear Time Axis '''feature you can use the '''Template Properties '''form and '''Chart Properties ''' forms in their '''Time Axis '''tab '''Format '''sub-tab to '''create''' and '''edit Time Axis Level Cells '''with different '''widths''' by using '''The Grid '''provided in the sub-tabYou can '''edit '''the '''widths '''of individually selected '''Time Axis Level Cells''' by using the new '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form You can also use '''drag and drop methods '''to manually '''edit '''the '''widths''' (by '''stretching '''or '''compressing''') of '''Time Axis Level Cells '''as required for your presentation.
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A '''Floating Time Axis''' is a mirror of the chart's '''Time Axis Levels''' positioned within the '''graph''' at a location where it occupies special '''rows'''.  There can be any number of '''Floating Time Axes inserted''' into the '''graph''' all under your control. '''Floating Time Axes''' can be '''edited''', '''hidden''', or '''deleted''' as necessary to help you convey your schedule issues and enhance your schedule presentation.
  
===The New Non-Linear Time Axis Feature – An Example===
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===Floating Time Axis - An Example===  
  
Below is an example of a chart going to be configured with a '''Non-Linear Time Axis''' representation for the '''Bottom Time Axis Level'''.  First the original '''Bottom Time Axis Level '''representation with the '''Cell''' to be '''stretched''' selected with a left-click is shown in the chart portion below:
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Below is a sample of an '''inserted Floating Time Axis''':
  
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After '''stretching''' the January 2019 '''Time Axis Level Cell '''to the right with the '''drag''' '''and drop''' '''method''', the chart looks like this:
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This is done by right-clicking in the '''Row''' to access the '''empty space''' right-click '''context menu '''where you want the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' to appear either '''ABOVE''' or '''BELOW '''as shown here:
  
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Note that the '''stretching''' of the '''Bottom Time Axis Level '''(January 2020) is accompanied with a '''stretching''' of the '''Middle Level''' and '''Top Level '''as shown in the example above.  Additionally, any task bars/milestone symbols within the '''stretched''' '''timespans''' also are '''stretched'''.  You can select multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells''' using the '''CTL+Left-Click '''method in a single or in multiple '''Time Axis Levels'''.  Selecting a single '''Time Axis Level Cell''' in any '''Time Axis Level''' allows you to further right-click on the selected '''Cell''', access the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''', and use any of the '''Format cell… '''command in the '''context menu '''as shown below:
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If you select the '''Insert floating time axis level''' sub-command options to place Year or '''Top Level Floating Time Axis ABOVE''' the selected '''Row''', the chart looks like this:
  
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Selecting multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells '''in any '''Time Axis Level''' and right-clicking on any selected '''Cells '''also accesses the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu '''where most of the '''context menu’s''' command can be used. 
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Repeating the process for '''Inserting '''the Quarter or '''Middle Level Floating Time Axis''' '''ABOVE''' the selected '''Row '''creates '''two levels '''shown below:
Selecting multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells '''in different '''Time Axis Levels''' with the intent of '''stretching''' all the selected '''Cells''' is '''not supported'''.  If this is attempted, OnePager only '''stretches '''those selected '''Time Axis Level Cells''' in the '''Time Axis Level''' where you used the mouse to '''stretch''' one of the selected '''Cells'''.  '''Time Axis Level Cells '''in other '''Time Axis Levels''' are de-selected before the '''stretch''' '''drag and drop''' operation is started.
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For more information on the above techniques, please see this section in the article at:  [[Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Express for Version 7.0#Formatting Individual Time Axis Level Cells | Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Express - Formatting Individual Time Axis Level Cells]] <!--22.3.4-70-->
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==Creating Non-Linear Timespans in the Chart==
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When the actions above are completed, all '''three levels''' of the '''Floating Time Axis '''appear.  The same procedure can be used to '''Insert Floating Time Axis Levels BELOW''' the selected '''Row''' by accessing the '''empty space''' right-click '''context menu''' in the desired '''Row''' and using the alternate set of sub-commands that place '''Floating Time Axis Levels BELOW''' the selected '''Row'''.
  
===Creating Non-Linear Timespans in the Chart Properties Form's Time Axis Tab Format Sub-tab’s Grid===
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Several individual or sets of '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' can be inserted in a chart.  Any manual '''edit''' made to a '''Time Axis Level Cell''' is reflected in the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' with respect to the '''Cell’s properties'''.  These '''properties''' can be '''edited''' using the '''Chart Properties''' form '''Time Axis '''tab’s three '''Level '''sub-tab property setting controls or using the '''empty space''' right-click '''context menu’s Format cell…''' command.  Manual '''edits''' made to a '''Time Axis Level '''such as '''editing''' its '''height''' in the '''Chart Properties''' form '''Time Axis Level '''tabs are '''not''' made to the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level'''.  Performing '''edits''' on the '''Row''' in which a '''Floating Time Axis Level '''resides either by using the '''empty space''' right-click '''context menu's '''commands or the '''Edit Row properties '''form does '''not''' make corresponding '''edits''' to the '''properties''' of the corresponding '''Time Axis Level'''.  Only '''edits''' to individual or multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells''' are mirrored in their corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' and vice versa.
  
The discussion in this section and in following sections references '''The Grid''' several times. 
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==Using the Floating Time Axis Feature==
  
For more information on '''The Grid''', please see this section in the article at:  [[Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Express for Version 7.0#The Timespans Grid in the Template  Properties and Chart Properties Form’s Time Axis-Format Sub-Tab | Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Express – The Timespans Grid in the Template Properties and Chart Properties Form’s Time Axis-Format Sub-Tab]] <!--22.3.4-70-->
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The new '''Floating Time Axis''' feature is provided so that you can '''insert''' one or more '''Time Axis like levels''' into a portion of the '''graph '''so that '''task bars/milestone symbols, task links, comment boxes''' and other '''decorations''' can be seen close to a '''Time Axis '''visual representation as illustrated here:  
  
===Creating Non-Linear Timespans - An Example===
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Suppose you are interested in detailed activities in a one month period and want to '''stretch''' certain '''time periods''' within that month.   You can '''add''' a '''Timespan''' '''entry''' to '''The Grid''' to accomplish this as followsBelow is a chart the example '''timespan''' month '''stretched '''to help illustrate the feature:
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'''Floating Time Axes''' are manually '''inserted''' individually by '''Levels'''. '''Floating Time Axes '''can be '''inserted ABOVE''' or '''BELOW''' any selected '''Row''' in the '''graph'''.  '''Floating Time Axes '''occupy a new '''Row''' in the '''graph '''for each '''Level'''.  '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' can be individually '''selected''' with a left or right-click, '''edited''', or '''hidden'''.
  
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The '''Rows''' occupied by '''Floating Time Axes''' can be selected in the '''Text Column Label''' area with a left or right-click, '''edited''', '''hidden''', or '''deleted'''. '''Row''' containing a '''Floating Time Axis Level '''can be '''moved up or down''' in the '''graph''' as any other '''Row''' in the chart.  '''Edits''' made to '''Time Axis Level Cells '''are '''mirrored''' in the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level''' '''Cells''' and vice versa.
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As stated in the above illustration, the requirement is to '''expand''' the '''time period''' beginning June 4, 2018 to June 11, 2018 ('''Week 23''') to 300 percent (%) of the original '''width''' of the inclusive days.  To do this, first use the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Format '''sub-tab to access '''The Grid '''which is empty and click the '''Add Timespan '''button as shown below:
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'''Floating Time Axes''' can be particularly helpful when charts are '''vertically long''' or the '''Top '''or''' Bottom Time Axes''' cannot be visible in the output media presentation.
  
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===Creating Floating Time Axis Levels===
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With the '''Timespan entry''' in '''The Grid''', the '''From Date ''' and '''To Date''' were changed to 6/4/2018 and 6/11/2018. These settings cover from midnight 6/4/2018 through midnight on 6/11/2018 or a full weekThen change the contents of the '''Zoom% cell''' to 300%. After you do this, the form looks like this:
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'''Floating Time Axes''' can be placed in the '''graph '''by right-clicking in the '''empty space''' area of the '''Row ABOVE '''or '''BELOW''' where you want the '''Floating Time Axis''' placed.   OnePager places the initial '''Floating Time Axis''' in the nearest full '''Row''' '''ABOVE''' or '''BELOW''' the '''Row''' in which you make the right-clickThe '''context menu''' that appears allows you to '''select''' which '''Level '''('''Top''', '''Middle''', or '''Bottom''') of '''Floating Time Axis''' you wish to display.   For convenience, the sub-commands repeat the '''Tic Unit''' for each '''Level''' and options for placing the '''Floating Time Axis Level '''desired '''ABOVE '''or '''BELOW''' the selected '''Row '''as shown below:
  
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When you click the '''Apply''' or '''OK''' button in the '''Chart Properties '''form, the chart looks like this with the '''Added Timespan''' '''stretched''' to 300%:
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In the illustration above, if the '''Year (Top Level) in row above''' sub-command is clicked, a '''Top Level''' '''Floating Time Axis '''is '''inserted''' as an additional '''Row''' just '''ABOVE''' the '''Row''' where you right-clicked:
  
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You can easily verify this by making two simple alterations to the '''Middle''' and '''Bottom Time Axis Level’s''' scales.   That is, '''editing''' the '''Middle Time Axis Level '''to show Weeks and the '''Bottom Time Axis Level''' to show Days as shown here:
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The placement of this '''Floating Time Axis '''occupies a new '''Row''' regardless of whether '''Row''' and/or''' swimlane labels''' are being '''shown'''. Repeating the process by right-clicking in the same '''Row''' as before and selecting the '''Middle''' '''Level''' and '''Bottom''' '''Level ABOVE''' options inserts the complete set of three '''Time Axis Levels''' into the chart '''ABOVE''' the selected '''Row '''as shown here:
  
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The above chart segment shows the three days intended to be '''stretched '''at the correct '''width'''.
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===Globally Editing Floating Time Axis Levels Using the Chart Properties Form’s Time Axis Tab===
  
===Creating Non-Linear Timespans Using Manual Drag and Drop Method===
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Clicking the '''Time Axis Properties '''command in the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu '''shown below accesses the '''Chart Properties''' form's '''Time Axis '''tab for the at the '''Level''' corresponding to the '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' that you right-clicked:
  
The following example illustrates a use of the '''drag and drop method '''when '''editing '''the '''width '''of '''timespans''':
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Suppose you have a simple '''source plan''' and want to draw your audience’s attention to '''timespans''' of special interest as shown below:
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From the '''Chart Properties '''form''' Time Axis '''tab’s '''Top Level''' sub-tab you can make most chart '''global edits''' to both the '''Floating Time Axis’ Top Level''' and the '''Time Axis Top''' '''Level '''as shown below:
  
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Preparing a standard chart from this '''source plan '''with uniform '''Time Axis Level Cells''', then making a few readability modifications, and highlighting the periods of special interest, provides a chart something like this:
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For example, if you make '''edits''' in the '''Background Colors '''sub-control group as shown below, you get these results:
  
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Since Quarters 3 and 4 of 2018 and Quarter 4 of 2019 are important to the schedule conversation, those '''Timespans''' can be '''stretched''' manually using a''' drag and drop''' '''method''' on selected '''Time Axis Level Cells'''.  To do this, left-click on the '''Middle Level''' '''Time Axis Level Cell''' for 2018 Quarter 3 to select it and use the '''handlebars''' that appear to '''drag''' the '''handlebar''' to the right the equivalent of another Quarter.  Repeat the process for 2018 Quarter 4 and 2019 Quarter 4.  When these three '''drag and drop editing''' actions are complete, the chart looks like this:
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As mentioned earlier, you cannot use the '''global edit''' for the '''Level’s height''' in the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Level '''tabs to '''edit''' the '''height''' of a '''Floating Time Axis Level'''.  To make a change to the '''height '''of a '''Floating Time Axis Level''' in the '''graph''' you must right-click on the '''text label''' for the desired '''Row''', access the '''Row’s context menu''' and click the '''Row height …''' command as discussed below at: [[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0#Manually Editing the Row Containing a Floating Time Axis Level | Manually Editing the Row Containing a Floating Time Axis Level]] <!--22.3.9-70-->
  
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===Manual Editing of Floating Time Axis Level Cells===
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Comparing the '''before''' chart with the chart '''after stretching''' the three Quarterly '''Time Axis Level Cells''', you see the difference.  The '''Start''' and '''Finish Date boundaries''' for the chart did not change although the scale of the chart on the screen and in any output media changed.  The '''Time Axis Level Cells''' in the '''Bottom''' and '''Top Time Axis Levels '''are '''stretched''' to correspond with the '''stretching''' actions taken in the '''Middle Level'''.  The '''widths''' of '''Time Axis Level Cells''' outside of the '''stretched''' '''Cells''' remain unchanged although there is a scale change to correspond to the change for the chart as a whole.  Task bars in the '''graph''' occupying the '''stretched timespans''' are correspondingly '''stretched''' but task bar '''Start/End Date boundaries''' are not changed relative to the '''stretched''' '''timespans'''.  Portions of task bars that are outside the '''stretched''' '''timespans''' are not '''stretched''' and properly sit on their appropriate '''Start '''and '''End Date boundaries'''.
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====Selecting Floating Time Axis Level Cells====
  
'''Decorations''' that appear '''inside''' '''stretched''' task bars such as '''baselines''',''' critical path segments''', and '''percent complete segments''' are proportionally '''stretched''' to occupy the same relative '''horizontal linear space''' within the task bar.  '''Decorations''' that appear '''outside''' of '''stretched''' task bars such as '''Task Labels''', '''Date Labels''', '''Deadlines''', and '''Endpoints''' are '''not''' '''stretched'''.
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Selecting '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' is accomplished in the same way as '''selecting Time Axis Level Cells'''.  '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' can be '''selected''' individually with a single left-click, '''selected''' in a sequence using the '''CTL+Left-Click''' method, or '''selected''' in a contiguous set using the '''SHIFT+Left-Click'''.
  
'''Task Links''' (not shown above) are also proportionally adjusted to conform to the '''stretched''' '''timespans'''.  '''Free Boxes''' and task bar '''Comment Boxes''' are '''not stretched''''''Task Label Font Properties''' are not changed for those task bars shown in '''stretched''' '''timespans'''.  '''Curtains''' occupying '''stretched''' '''timespans '''are '''horizontally stretched''' to retain their defined '''Curtain Start '''and '''End''' '''Date boundaries'''.  '''Background images''' in the '''graph''' are not resized regardless of where they''' '''appear within a '''stretched''' '''timespans'''.  These modifications to the '''stretched Time Axis Level Cells '''involved provides graphic ways to emphasize these important '''timespans'''
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The rules for using the '''CTL+Left-Click''' and the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' that apply to using these methods together to '''select Time Axis Level Cells''' applies to '''selecting Floating Time Axis Level Cells'''.  '''Selecting''' a '''Time Axis Level Cell '''does '''NOT '''also select the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' or vice versaYou can '''select Cells''' in both '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' and '''Time Axis Levels''' using the various '''selection methods'''.   
  
===Creating Non-Linear Timespans Using the Time Axis Cell Properties Form===
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The rules for '''selecting multiple Cells '''with the various '''selection methods''' apply.  Once '''Cells''' in the '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' and '''Time Axis Levels '''are '''selected''', you can then '''edit''' and '''stretch '''or '''compress '''them as required.  Whatever '''editing''', '''stretching''' or '''compressing''' is done to the '''selected Cells''' by either '''editing''' in the '''Time Axis Levels''' or the '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' the actions taken by OnePager assures that these displayed '''Levels '''remain consistent in the chart.
  
An individual or group of '''Time Axis Level Cells''' can also be manually '''edited''' by right-clicking on the '''Cell '''or '''Cells''' and selecting the '''Format cell… '''command from the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' as shown below:
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====Editing Floating Time Axis Cells====
  
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'''Selecting''' any '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' allows you to use the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' to '''edit''' that specific '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell'''.   The '''context menu '''accessed when you right-click a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' is shown below with the difference highlighted between it and the '''context menu''' for a '''Time Axis Level Cell'''.
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Clicking the '''Format cell…''' button accesses the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form:
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The top three commands in the '''context menu''' above provide the same '''editing''' actions for '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' as they do for '''Time Axis Level Cells''' found outside the '''graph '''('''Top''' or '''Bottom''' of the '''graph''' or both). Because the top three commands shown in the '''context menu '''above can change the appearance of the '''Floating Time Axis Level''', it is necessary for these commands to also change the appearance of the corresponding '''Time Axis Level''' to maintain consistency within the chart and the '''graph'''.  Accordingly, most '''edits''' made to a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' are also made to the corresponding '''Time Axis Level Cell'''.  The exception is in '''editing''' the '''height '''of a '''Floating Time Axis Level'''.
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In this form you can modify the selected '''Cell''' or '''Cells background color''' and '''Font properties '''as in previous versions of OnePager.  Clicking the '''Color''' dropdown accesses the One Pager standard '''Color Chooser''' form and clicking the '''Font '''dropdown accesses the standard '''Font properties '''form.  With respect to making '''edits''' to the '''Cell width''' property in the above form, the '''Zoom% '''window is only '''enabled''' if, when '''selecting''' multiple''' Cells''', '''all''' are in the '''same Time Axis Level'''.  If multiple '''Cells '''are selected in different '''Time Axis Levels''', the '''Zoom% '''control is '''disabled'''.  You cannot set the '''Zoom% '''value window to '''zero (0) or less'''.  Attempting this causes OnePager to reset the '''Zoom% '''value in the '''Time Axis Cell Properties''' form’s '''Zoom% '''window to a '''Zoom% '''value of 2.0 percent.
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'''Editing''' the '''height''' of a '''Floating Time Axis Level''' does '''not''' change the '''height''' of the corresponding '''Time Axis Level''' and vice versa.
  
You cannot set the '''Zoom% value greater than 1,000% '''either.  Doing so causes OnePager to reset the value back to 1,000%.  If multiple '''Cells '''are in different '''Time Axis Levels''', you can modify all selected '''Cells''' with respect to '''Background color''' and '''Font properties'''.  The '''Cell width window''' in the form is for informational purposes only.  When you make '''edits''' with the '''Zoom% '''control window, the '''Cell width window '''is updated to reflect the '''width '''of the '''Cell '''in the linear measure you’ve selected based on your in either '''English''' or '''Metric units''' depending on the type of '''Template Properties''' form you are using (e.g., inches or centimeters).   
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With respect to the '''Unstretch all cells''' command, the command is '''enabled''' only if one or more '''Cells''' in a '''Time Axis '''or''' Floating Time Axis Level''' is '''stretched''' or '''compressed'''; otherwise, the command is '''disabled'''.  If the '''Unstretch all cells''' command is exercised on a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''', '''all''' '''Time Axis '''and''' Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' are '''unstretched'''.
Additionally, since the '''Fill Pattern''' is a property of the '''Time Axis Level''', it cannot be '''edited''' individually for a single '''Time Axis Level Cell''''''Editing''' the '''Fill Pattern''' must be done in the '''Chart Properties''' form.
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For more information on '''edits''' to '''Time Axis Level Fill Patterns''', please see the article at: [[Changing the Time Axis Background Color and Fill Pattern for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | Changing the Time Axis Background Color and Fill Pattern for OnePager Express]] <!--22.1.4-70-->
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In the '''context menu''' above, the '''Time-axis properties…''' command accesses the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Top''', '''Middle''', or '''Bottom Level''' sub-tab when this command is clicked depending on which '''Level '''is selected in the '''Floating Time Axis'''.  Most '''edits''' made in the '''Chart Properties '''form are applied '''globally''' to both the '''Time Axis''' '''Level '''and any '''Floating Time Axis Level '''if the '''edit''' applies to '''Cells'''.  If the '''edit''' made in the '''Chart Properties '''form '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Level''' sub-tabs '''changes''' a '''Level''' related '''property''', such as the '''height '''property, that '''change''' is only made in the '''Time Axis Level''' and '''NOT '''to the '''Floating Time Axis Level'''. For the '''Floating Time Axis''', the '''Insert curtain''' command is '''enabled'''.
  
Making any of the '''edits''' described above to an individual '''Time Axis Level Cell '''or '''Cells''' makes them all '''mavericks'''. You can '''reset the default properties''' of a modified '''Time Axis Level Cell '''or '''Cells '''by clicking the '''Use default properties''' button in the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form. This action resets the selected '''Cell’s properties''' back to those currently set in the '''Chart Properties '''form.
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For more information on the '''Insert curtain '''feature, please see the article at:  [[Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.5.5-70-->
  
==Unstretch All Cells After Creating Non-Linear Timespans==
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The '''Hide floating time axis level '''command when clicked '''hides''' the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' and displays an empty '''Row '''in the chart.  As an empty '''Row''', it takes on the '''properties and characteristics''' of any other '''empty Row'''. 
  
In the examples above, '''Non-Linear timespans''' are created.  If it is unpractical to use the '''UNDO''' feature in OnePager to return to true '''linear timespans''', where all '''Time Axis Level Cells '''are the same '''width''', the '''Unstretch all cell '''command in the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' shown below can be used.
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For more information on how to restore a '''Hidden Floating Time Axis Level''', please see this section in the article at:  [[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0#Unhiding Floating Time Axes | Unhiding Floating Time Axes]] <!--22.3.9-70-->
  
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====Making Formatting Edits to Floating Time Axis Level Cells====
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To '''unstretch all cells''', right-click on any '''Time Axis Level Cell''' and click the '''Unstretch all cells '''command as shown above.
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Making '''formatting edits''' to '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' '''mavericks''' both the '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell '''and the '''Time Axis Level Cell '''as well. For example you can '''edit''' the  '''background color''' for a specific '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' as shown below:
  
'''Caution:'''  The '''Unstretch all cells''' command, when clicked, operates on the entire '''Time Axis''' at all '''Levels'''.   This is necessary because often, if not always, '''stretching '''a selected '''Cell''' at one '''Level''' causes '''Cells''' above and below to '''stretch '''as well. Accordingly, when you select '''Unstretch all cells''' command, all '''Time Axis Level Cells''' become uniform in '''width''' in their own '''Time Axis Level'''.  Clicking the '''Unstretch all cells''' returns the previously '''stretched''' or '''compressed''' '''Time Axis Level Cells''' to their original '''width '''and restores the '''Document’s width''' to its original '''size'''.  The '''unstretch''' procedure is inclusive for '''all''' '''Time Axis Levels''' starting with the '''Top Level''', then the '''Middle Level''', and finally the '''Bottom Level'''.  If the chart contains one or more '''Floating Time Axes''', they are '''unstretched '''to match the corresponding '''Cells''' of each '''Time Axis Level'''. 
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For more information on '''Floating Time Axes ''', please see the article at:  [[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express]] <!--22.3.10-70-->
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Clicking the '''Format cell…''' command accesses the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form where you can make '''edits''' to the '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell’s background color''' as shown here using the OnePager standard '''Color Chooser''':
  
After the '''Unstretch all cells '''command is used, the '''Time Axis '''for our example looks like this:
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<center>[[File:X70-22_3_8-70-(12)-11192020.png]]</center>
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Making the above '''edit''' to the '''background color '''in the '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell '''also changes the '''background color '''for the corresponding '''Time Axis Level Cell''' as shown below:
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==Using the Insert Curtain Command==
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<center>[[File:P70-22_3_9-70-(15)-11062020.png]]</center>
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It can be advantageous from time to time to insert a '''Curtain''' into the chart that has exactly the same '''Start/End Date boundaries''' as a particular '''Time Axis Level Cell '''or '''Cells'''.  For example, it can be necessary to highlight a particular Quarter as important in a schedule conversation as shown further below.  '''Time Axis Level Cell '''related '''Curtains''' can be added to the chart using the right-click on '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu '''and clicking the '''Insert curtain '''command.  To insert a '''Curtain '''with '''Time Axis Level Cell boundaries''', first select the '''Cell '''or '''Cells''' to access the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' as shown below:
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In a similar way, if you '''edit''' a property of a '''Time Axis Level Cell''' when there is a corresponding '''Floating Time Axis''' in the chart, the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' takes on the change made to the '''Time Axis Level Cell'''.
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(26)-11182020.png]]</center>
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====Hiding A Floating Time Axis Level====
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When you click the '''Insert curtain''' command a basic '''Curtain '''is inserted into the chart with '''Start/End Date boundaries''' the same as those for the selected '''Time Axis Level Cell(s)''' as shown here:
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The bottom command in the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu '''for a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell '''is the '''Hide floating time axis level''' command.  Clicking this command immediately '''hides '''the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' regardless of what '''Cell''' in the '''Floating Time Axis '''is '''selected'''. 
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(27)-11182020.png]]</center>
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However, this command '''hides''' only the content of the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' but leaves the '''Row '''visible where the selected '''Floating Time Axis Level '''resided as shown illustrated below:
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The '''Insert curtain context menu '''command only creates a single '''Curtain'''.   If multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells '''are selected, either in one '''Time Axis Level''' or multiple '''Levels''', the '''Insert curtain''' command is '''disabled'''. An '''Inserted Curtain''' can be '''edited''' by right-clicking on it to access the '''curtain''' right-click '''context menu '''as shown below:
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<center>[[File:P70-22_3_9-70-(16)-11062020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:X70-22_3_8-70-(13)-11192020.png]]</center>
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This behavior is a bit different from that of '''hiding rows'''. Normally '''Rows''' in the chart are automatically '''hidden''' in the '''graph''' at the end of the '''hide rows '''operation.  With '''Floating Time Axis Levels hiding''', the '''Level '''converts the area of the '''graph''' to a normal '''Row''' in the chart that appears as empty space.  The '''Row '''remaining after the '''Hide floating time axis level '''command is completed''' '''retains all the properties of a normal''' Row'''.  It can have '''text columns''' and all their properties remain '''editable'''.  This approach is thought to provide you with greater flexibility when making further '''edits''' to the chart containing '''Floating Time Axis Levels'''.    These normal '''Rows''' can be '''edited''' like any other '''Row''' in the chart.  Once a '''Floating Time Axis Level '''is '''hidden''' and the '''Row''' it occupied appears empty, there is no command available to '''unhide '''a '''Floating Time Axis Level'''.
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The commands in the above '''context menu''' operate in the same ways as '''context menu '''commands for all other '''Curtains'''. 
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====Removing Empty Rows Previously Occupied by a Floating Time Axis====
  
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-->
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When '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' are '''hidden''', as shown above, the empty '''Row''' that replaces the '''hidden Floating Time Axis Level''' can be '''removed''' from the '''Graph''' by using the '''Hide rows''' button on the OnePager '''Home''' ribbon tool bar tab as shown here:
  
When a''' Curtain '''is created using the '''Insert curtain '''command, a '''Curtain Type entry''' is added into '''The Grid'''.  '''The Grid''' with the '''Inserted Curtain '''is shown below:
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<center>[[File:P70-22_3_9-70-(17)-11062020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:X70-22_3_8-70-(14)-11192020.png]]</center>
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Performing the '''Hide row''' operation using the '''Row hiding choices '''form '''hides '''the previously '''hidden Floating Time Axis Level '''in the '''Graph''' as shown here:
<!--<center>X70-22_3_8-70-(14)-11192020.png</center>-->
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To '''edit''' an '''Inserted Curtain''', you can access the '''Curtain Properties '''form in one of two ways:
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<center>[[File:P70-22_3_9-70-(18)-11062020.png]]</center>
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:1) Using the above illustration as a guide, you can click the '''Properties''' button in '''The Grid entry '''for the '''Inserted Curtain''' to access the '''Curtain Properties '''form as shown below:
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An alternative approach to '''hiding''' any''' Floating Time Axis Level''' is to select the '''Row’s Text Column Label '''area with a right-click and click the '''Hide row '''command in the '''row''' right-click '''context menu''' as shown below:
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_8-70-(15)-11192020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-22_3_9-70-(19-1)-11062020.png]]</center>
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:2) The other method for accessing the '''Curtain Properties''' form is to right-click on the '''Inserted Curtain''' itself to access the '''curtain''' right-click '''context menu '''and click the '''Properties … '''command as shown below:
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When you do this, the chart again looks like this:
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_8-70-(16)-11192020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-22_3_9-70-(18)-11062020.png]]</center>
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For more information on '''Inserted Curtains''', please see the article at:  [[Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Express]] <!--22.5.6-70-->
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====Unhiding Floating Time Axes====
  
==Formatting Individual Time Axis Level Cells==
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At this point if you want to make the previously '''Hidden Floating Time Axis Level '''visible again, our recommendation is to '''reinsert''' the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' using the right-click in '''empty space''' right-click '''context menu '''to do the function as described above.
  
'''Time Axis Level Cells''' as well as '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' can be '''Formatted''' by right-clicking on the selected '''Cell(s)''' to access the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' shown below:
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====Manually Editing the Row Containing a Floating Time Axis Level====
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_1_4-70-(4)-11132020.png]]</center>
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As a '''Row''', the '''Floating Time Axis''' can be manipulated as any '''Row '''can''' '''in the chart.   The '''Row''' occupied by a '''Floating Time Axis Level '''can be configured with '''Text columns''', its '''row height '''can be '''edited, '''its '''Row Properties''' can be '''edited''', and it can be '''moved''' manually anywhere in the chart if its '''Text column(s)''' are '''shown''' in the chart. When a '''Floating Time Axis Level''' is present and associated '''Text columns''' are '''shown''', the '''Text columns''' can be '''selected''' separately from the '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' as illustrated here:
<!--<center>X70-22_1_4-70-(4)-11132020.png</center>-->
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Clicking the '''Format cell …''' command accesses the '''Time Axis Cell Properties''' form as shown below where you can '''edit''' some of the most important '''properties '''of the selected '''Cell(s)''':
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<center>[[File:P70-22_3_9-70-(21)-11062020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:X70-22_1_4-70-(5)-11132020.png]]</center>
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'''Selected Floating Time Axis Levels''', like '''Rows''' in the chart, display handlebars for '''editing''' their '''row''' '''height''' when selected by a left-click in a '''Text Column Label'''.   Once selected, you can '''edit''' the '''height''' of the '''Floating Time Axis Level '''manually:
<!--<center>X70-22_1_4-70-(5)-11132020.png</center>-->
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Making any '''edits''' to the selected '''Time Axis Level Cells''' using the '''Time Axis Cell Properties''' form only '''edits''' these selected '''Cells'''.  After the '''edits''' are made, the selected '''Cells''' are considered '''mavericks'''. Attempting to set the '''Zoom%''' in the '''Time Axis Cell Properties''' form to zero (0) or a negative '''Zoom% '''value is not accepted by OnePager Express.  Instead, OnePager sets the '''Zoom% '''value for entries values less than or equal to zero to a '''Zoom% '''value of 2.0 percent.  Re-selecting any '''maverick Time Axis Level Cell''' using the procedure above and clicking the '''Use default properties''' button in the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form restores the selected '''Cells''' to the '''global''' '''properties''' established in the '''Chart Properties '''form.
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<center>[[File:P70-22_3_9-70-(22-11062020.png]]</center>
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===Creating Non-Linear Time Axis Level Cells with the Drag and Drop Method===
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'''Editing''' the '''height''' of a '''Floating Time Axis Level''' does '''not''' change the '''height '''of the corresponding '''Time Axis Level '''or vice versa.  '''Selecting''' the '''Properties… '''command from the '''row''' right-click '''context menu''' accessed by right-clicking in a '''Text Column Label''' accesses the '''Row/Column Properties '''form at its '''Row''' tab:
  
'''Time Axis Level Cells''' can be '''stretched '''or '''compressed''' manually by first selecting the '''Cell''' with a left-click and using the '''handlebars''' to '''drag''' the selection rectangle to the desired '''width''' as shown here:
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<center>[[File:P70-22_3_9-70-(23)-11062020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(15)-11182020.png]]</center>
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The commands provided in the '''row''' right-click '''context menu''' accessed by right-clicking in the '''Floating Time Axis Level’s Text Column Label''', work the same as other '''Rows''' in the chart with '''Text columns''' being '''shown'''. In the illustration above, making '''edits''' in the '''Row/Column Properties '''form for a '''Floating Time Axis Level''' only '''edits''' the '''properties''' of the '''selected Text Column Label'''; the '''Time Floating Time Axis Level Cells '''are not changed.  However, other commands in the '''row''' right-click '''context menu '''accessed by right-clicking in the '''Text Column Label''' occupied by a '''Floating Time Axis Level''' do have an impact on the '''Floating Time Axis Level '''.
<!--<center>X70-22_3_4-70-(15)-11182020.png</center>-->
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If you use your mouse to click on the right '''handlebar''' and '''drag''' it to the right, when you release the mouse left-click button, the selected '''Time Axis Level Cell''' looks like this:
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For reference, the '''context menu '''accessed by right-clicking in the '''Text Column Label''' looks like this:
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(16)-11182020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-22_3_9-70-(24)-11062020.png]]</center>
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You can use '''time axis '''right-click '''context menu''' and the '''Format cell…''' command to see the new value of the '''Zoom%''' which is the amount of '''stretch''' applied by the '''drag and drop method''' to the selected '''Cell''' as shown here:
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Also mentioned above, clicking the '''Properties … '''command accesses the '''Row/Column Properties''' form which has two tabs as shown below:
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(17)-11182020.png]]</center>
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<center>'''Row/Column Properties Form's Row Tab'''</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-22_3_9-70-(25)-11062020.png]]</center>
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You can use your mouse to select '''Time Axis Level Cells '''in different '''Time Axis Levels''' by using the '''CTL+Left-Click method '''as shown here:
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<center>'''Row/Column Properties Form's Cell Tab'''</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-22_3_9-70-(25A)-11062020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(19)-11182020.png]]</center>
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Clicking the '''Edit text '''command accesses the '''Enter text''' form where you can provide '''text '''in the '''Text Column Label'''.
<!--<center>X70-22_3_4-70-(19)-11182020.png</center>-->
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Above, there are five (5) '''Time Axis Level Cells''' selected in the order shown. Although there are five(5) '''Time Axis Level Cells''' selected above, you can only '''stretch''' or '''compress''' selected '''Cells''' using the '''drag and drop method''' in '''one Time Axis Level only'''. If you now use the mouse to '''stretch '''the 2019 Quarter 2 '''Middle Time Axis Level Cell''', OnePager '''de-selects''' all selected '''Time Axis Level Cells''' highlighted in other '''Time Axis Levels''' such that only the '''Middle Time Axis Level Cells''' that are candidates for '''stretching''' remain selected as shown here:
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<center>[[File:P70-22_3_9-70-(26)-11062020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(20)-11182020.png]]</center>
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Clicking the '''row''' right-click '''context menu’s''' '''Hide row''' command, the '''Add row''' command, and the '''Split swimlane '''command all operate on a '''Floating Time Axis Level '''as they operate on any other '''Row '''in the chart.  
<!--<center>X70-22_3_4-70-(20)-11182020.png</center>-->
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On the other hand, if you start to '''stretch '''the '''Bottom Time Axis Level Cells''', OnePager '''de-selects''' the '''Middle Time Axis Level Cells''' before performing the desired '''stretch''' as shown below:
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Clicking the '''Row height … '''command accesses the '''Row height '''form where you can manually set the value of the '''row height''' with greater precision than with the '''handlebars''' on a selected '''Floating Time Axis Level'''.
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(21)-11182020.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P70-22_3_9-70-(27)-11062020.png]]</center>
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You can also select a sequential set of '''Time Axis Level Cells''' in the same '''Level '''by using the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' keys as shown below:
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For more information on '''editing''' '''Rows''', please see the articles at:  
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(22)-11182020.png]]</center>
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<center>
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{| class="wikitable"
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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-->
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| | [[Editing Row Properties for Version 7.0 | Editing Row Properties]] <!--12.22.1-70-->
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| [[Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes for Version 7.0 | Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes]] <!--12.13.1-70-->
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| [[Resizing the Height of Rows for Version 7.0 | Resizing the Height of Rows]] <!--12.11.1-70-->
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</center>
  
Once the set of '''Time Axis Level Cells''' are selected, anyone of them can be used to '''stretch '''or '''compress '''the set as shown here:
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==Floating Time Axes and the OnePager Template Properties Form==
  
<center>[[File:X70-22_3_4-70-(23)-11182020.png]]</center>
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There are '''No''' corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level''' or '''Cell''' controls in the OnePager '''Template Properties''' form.   Accordingly, '''Floating Time Axis''' '''Level '''representations are within the individual chart although some '''Floating Time Axis Cell properties''' can be '''edited''' '''globally''' along with their '''Time Axis Levels''' and '''Cells''' in the '''Chart Properties '''form.  Individual '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' and '''Cells''' can always be manually '''edited'''.
<!--<center>X70-22_3_4-70-(23)-11182020.png</center>-->
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The general rule is that you cannot '''stretch '''multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells''' that are selected in '''multiple Time Axis Levels'''.
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==Related Links==
  
===Notes on Selecting Time Axis Level Cells===
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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-->
  
Using a combination of the '''CTL+Left-Click''' and the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' is restricted.   The following rules apply:
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[[Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes for Version 7.0 | Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes]] <!--12.13.1-70-->
  
:1) You can use the '''CTL+Left-Click''' to select any '''Time Axis Level Cell '''in any '''Level'''. However, attempting to '''stretch '''a single '''Time Axis Level Cell''' when '''cells '''are selected in two or more '''Levels''' results in only the selected '''cell '''being '''stretched'''. The selected '''Time Axis Level Cells''' in other '''Levels''' are '''de-selected'''.
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[[Editing Row Properties for Version 7.0 | Editing Row Properties]] <!--12.22.1-70-->
  
:2) You can use the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' to select a series of '''Time Axis Level Cells''' that are all in the same '''Level'''.   This results in a contiguous series of '''Time Axis Level Cells '''being selected all of which can be '''edited''' as one or '''stretched '''or '''compressed''' together.
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[[Resizing the Height of Rows for Version 7.0 | Resizing the Height of Rows]] <!--12.11.1-70-->
  
:3) When you have a contiguous series of '''Time Axis Level Cells''' selected you can right-click on any one of them to access the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu'''.
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[[Resizing the Height of Swimlanes for Version 7.0 | Resizing the Height of Swimlanes]] <!--12.12.1-70-->
  
:4) You can use the '''CTL+Left-Click '''in multiple '''Time Axis Levels '''and then any attempts to utilize the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' only work if the contiguous '''Time Axis Level Cells '''being selected are in '''one''' '''Time Axis Level'''.
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[[Labeling Time Axis Levels for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Labeling Time Axis Levels for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.1.5-70-->
  
:5) Attempting to use the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' across two or more '''Levels''' is not honored.  For example, suppose you use the '''CTL+Left-Click '''to select several '''cells''' each in the '''Bottom Level Time Axis''' and the '''Middle Level Time Axis''' all the while holding the '''CTL '''Key down. This results in the clicked '''Time Axis Level Cells''' in the two '''Levels''' being selected.
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[[Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.1.7-70-->
  
:6) Attempting to use the '''SHIFT+Left-Click '''in either the '''Bottom Level''' or the '''Middle Level Time Axes''' results in contiguous '''cells''' being selected. If, however, after multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells''' are selected in the '''Bottom''' and '''Middle''' '''Time Axis Levels''', attempting to use the '''SHIFT+Left-Click '''in the '''Top Level Time Axis''' is not honored although the previously selected '''cells''' remain selected.
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[[Creating Count Up and Down on the Time Axis for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Creating Count Up and Down on the Time Axis for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.2.5-70-->
  
==Non-Linear Time Axis Cells and The Floating Time Axis Feature==
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[[Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.3.3-70-->
  
The new OnePager '''Floating Time Axis '''feature is covered in the article at:  [[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express for Version 7.0 | The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express]] <!--22.3.10-70-->
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[[Re-Ordering Time Axis Levels for OnePager Pro for Version 7.0 | Switching Time Axis Levels for OnePager Pro]] <!--22.3.5-70-->  
 
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However, the relationship between the '''Non-Linear Time Axis '''and the '''Floating Time Axis '''features needs to be covered here as well.  As a general rule, whenever an '''edit''' is made to a '''Time Axis Level Cell(s)''' and there is a corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level '''with corresponding '''cells''' in the chart, any '''edit''' to the '''Time Axis Level Cell(s) '''is also made to the '''Floating Time Axis Cell(s)'''.  The converse is also true.
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===The Grid and Floating Time Axis Cells===
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As mentioned above, '''The Grid''' found in the '''Template Properties''' and '''Chart Properties '''forms '''Time Axis '''tab '''Format '''sub-tab is used to define '''timespans''' and their '''widths''' in the example below.  When the chart contains a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell(s)''' that are included in the '''Timespan entry''' being considered for '''The Grid''', that '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell(s)''' are '''widened''' to remain consistent with the same '''Time Axis Level Cell(s)''' as the example below illustrates.
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Suppose we have the chart that contains three '''Floating Time Axis Levels '''corresponding to the three '''Time Axis Levels''' and desire to '''widen''' the '''Time Axis Level Cells''' corresponding to Quarter 1 of 2019 using '''The Grid''' to modify the '''timespan '''to a '''Zoom% '''of 300 percent as shown in '''The Grid '''entry below:
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<center>[[File:X70-22_3_8-70-(17)-11192020.png]]</center>
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After you click '''OK''' or '''Apply '''in the '''Chart Properties '''form, OnePager '''edits''' the chart by '''widening''' the 2019 Quarter 1 '''timespan '''in the '''Time Axis '''and in the '''Floating Time Axis '''as shown here:
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<center>[[File:X70-22_3_8-70-(18-1)-11192020.png]]</center>
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===Manual Editing of Time Axis Level Cells and the Floating Time Axis===
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When '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells '''are present in the chart and you select '''Time Axis Level Cells''' for '''editing '''using the '''Format cell…''' command in the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' and the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form to achieve the same Quarter 1 2019 '''timespan widening '''to 300%, the same '''edit '''is applied to the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' as shown in the example below.  Using the same chart as in the previous example, right-click the 2019 Quarter 1 '''Time Axis Level Cell '''to access the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' and then click the '''Format cell… '''command to access the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form where you can '''edit '''the '''Zoom% '''dial to 300% as shown below:
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After you change the '''Zoom%''' to 300.0%, the '''Cell width '''widow updates to show the new '''cell width '''in standard units.  When you click the '''OK '''button on the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form, the chart is updated to reflect the new 2019 Quarter 1 '''Time Axis Level Cell '''and '''Floating Time Axis Cell width '''of 300% as shown below:
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You are also able to keep the any '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' consistent with '''Time Axis Level Cells '''that have their '''widths edited '''using the '''drag and drop method'''.  In this case using the '''drag and drop method '''on selected '''Time Axis Level Cells '''to change their '''width '''correspondingly does the same for equivalent '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' and vice versa.  The same sample chart is used below to illustrate this feature.
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Using the previously considered chart and the desire to '''widen '''Quarter 1 2019 to 300% '''Zoom%''', you only have to select the Quarter 1 2019 '''Time Axis Level Cell''' to get the handlebars to appear and use the mouse to pull the handlebar to the right until the '''width '''of the selected '''Cell '''approximates a '''Zoom% '''of 300 percent as shown below:
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After '''dragging''' the mouse to the right and then releasing the mouse right click at the desired location, the chart looks like this:
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You can check on the actual '''Zoom% '''value achieved by the '''drag and drop method''' shown above by selected the '''widened '''2019 Quarter 1 '''Middle Time Axis Level Cell''', right-click on it to access the '''time axis''' right-click '''context menu''' and then select the '''Format cell… '''command to access the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form to query the '''Zoom% '''dial’s value as shown below:
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In the example shown above, the actual '''Zoom%''' value realized is 303.0 percent, a reasonable result using the visual '''drag and drop method''' to '''widen '''the selected '''Middle Time Axis Level Cell'''.  The action also resulted in the '''widening '''of the corresponding '''Middle Floating Time Axis Level Cell'''.
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Actions taking on '''Time Axis Level Cells''' as illustrated by the previous two examples can be performed on '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' to achieve the same results on both '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' and '''Time Axis Level Cells'''.  These corresponding interrelated results can be expected for other '''edits''' made to '''Floating Time Axis Cells '''and '''Time Axis Level Cells''' such as '''edits '''to '''cell color''' and '''text font properties'''.  These '''edits''' when made to '''Floating Time Axis Cells''' are automatically applied to the corresponding '''Time Axis Level Cells''' wherever the '''Time Axis Level Cells''' happen to be located (e.g., either at the '''top''' or the '''bottom''' of the chart).  Additionally, if there are multiple instances of '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' in several locations within the chart, all '''edits '''made to '''Time Axis Cells''' are applied to the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells'''. 
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If your chart contains '''Non-Linear Time Axis Level Cells''', these settings in '''The Grid '''are '''copied''' to the new '''Template Properties''' form as '''entries '''in '''The Grid''', and '''saved'''.  When the '''Template Properties '''form you previously '''saved''' is used to create a '''NEW''' chart that chart '''shows''' the '''Non-Linear Time Axis Level Cells''' you previously created in their '''stretched''' or '''compressed''' configuration when this '''Template Properties '''form was '''saved'''.  In the '''saved''' '''Template Properties '''form, the '''Non-Linear Time Axis Level Cells''' are represented in '''The Grid''' as shown in the example below:
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When the above '''Template Properties '''form is again used, any '''Time Axis Level Cells''' that are between the '''From Date''' and '''To Date''' are displayed as '''Non-Linear Time Axis Level Cells''' in the new or updated chart.  '''Editing''' any of the corresponding settings in the '''Chart Properties '''form’s '''Time Axis '''tab’s '''Format '''sub-tab does not change the corresponding settings in the '''Template Properties''' form.  The previously established '''Template Properties '''form settings can be '''edited''' in the '''Template Properties '''form but the form must be '''resaved''' so that the '''edited''' settings are available for subsequent use the next time this '''Template Properties''' form is used to represent '''Non-Linear Time Axis Level Cells'''.
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It is a rule that''' Non-Linear Time Axis Level Cells''' are '''snapshot-independent '''regardless if they are created by manual '''drag and drop''' '''methods''' applied to the '''Time Axis Level''' or if they are created as a '''Timespan entry''' in '''The Grid.'''  Since '''timespans''' are '''snapshot-independent''', OnePager builds '''The Grid''' for '''timespans''' uniquely for each snapshot that you access in the '''Chart Editor'''.  As such, '''timespans''' can be '''hidden''' in one snapshot and '''shown''' in another all under your control.
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Revision as of 19:54, 18 January 2021

Overview

The Floating Time Axis Feature

A Floating Time Axis is a mirror of the chart's Time Axis Levels positioned within the graph at a location where it occupies special rows. There can be any number of Floating Time Axes inserted into the graph all under your control. Floating Time Axes can be edited, hidden, or deleted as necessary to help you convey your schedule issues and enhance your schedule presentation.

Floating Time Axis - An Example

Below is a sample of an inserted Floating Time Axis:

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This is done by right-clicking in the Row to access the empty space right-click context menu where you want the Floating Time Axis Level to appear either ABOVE or BELOW as shown here:

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If you select the Insert floating time axis level sub-command options to place Year or Top Level Floating Time Axis ABOVE the selected Row, the chart looks like this:

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Repeating the process for Inserting the Quarter or Middle Level Floating Time Axis ABOVE the selected Row creates two levels shown below:

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When the actions above are completed, all three levels of the Floating Time Axis appear. The same procedure can be used to Insert Floating Time Axis Levels BELOW the selected Row by accessing the empty space right-click context menu in the desired Row and using the alternate set of sub-commands that place Floating Time Axis Levels BELOW the selected Row.

Several individual or sets of Floating Time Axis Levels can be inserted in a chart. Any manual edit made to a Time Axis Level Cell is reflected in the corresponding Floating Time Axis Level Cell with respect to the Cell’s properties. These properties can be edited using the Chart Properties form Time Axis tab’s three Level sub-tab property setting controls or using the empty space right-click context menu’s Format cell… command. Manual edits made to a Time Axis Level such as editing its height in the Chart Properties form Time Axis Level tabs are not made to the corresponding Floating Time Axis Level. Performing edits on the Row in which a Floating Time Axis Level resides either by using the empty space right-click context menu's commands or the Edit Row properties form does not make corresponding edits to the properties of the corresponding Time Axis Level. Only edits to individual or multiple Time Axis Level Cells are mirrored in their corresponding Floating Time Axis Level Cells and vice versa.

Using the Floating Time Axis Feature

The new Floating Time Axis feature is provided so that you can insert one or more Time Axis like levels into a portion of the graph so that task bars/milestone symbols, task links, comment boxes and other decorations can be seen close to a Time Axis visual representation as illustrated here:

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Floating Time Axes are manually inserted individually by Levels. Floating Time Axes can be inserted ABOVE or BELOW any selected Row in the graph. Floating Time Axes occupy a new Row in the graph for each Level. Floating Time Axis Level Cells can be individually selected with a left or right-click, edited, or hidden.

The Rows occupied by Floating Time Axes can be selected in the Text Column Label area with a left or right-click, edited, hidden, or deleted. Row containing a Floating Time Axis Level can be moved up or down in the graph as any other Row in the chart. Edits made to Time Axis Level Cells are mirrored in the corresponding Floating Time Axis Level Cells and vice versa.

Floating Time Axes can be particularly helpful when charts are vertically long or the Top or Bottom Time Axes cannot be visible in the output media presentation.

Creating Floating Time Axis Levels

Floating Time Axes can be placed in the graph by right-clicking in the empty space area of the Row ABOVE or BELOW where you want the Floating Time Axis placed. OnePager places the initial Floating Time Axis in the nearest full Row ABOVE or BELOW the Row in which you make the right-click. The context menu that appears allows you to select which Level (Top, Middle, or Bottom) of Floating Time Axis you wish to display. For convenience, the sub-commands repeat the Tic Unit for each Level and options for placing the Floating Time Axis Level desired ABOVE or BELOW the selected Row as shown below:

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In the illustration above, if the Year (Top Level) in row above sub-command is clicked, a Top Level Floating Time Axis is inserted as an additional Row just ABOVE the Row where you right-clicked:

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The placement of this Floating Time Axis occupies a new Row regardless of whether Row and/or swimlane labels are being shown. Repeating the process by right-clicking in the same Row as before and selecting the Middle Level and Bottom Level ABOVE options inserts the complete set of three Time Axis Levels into the chart ABOVE the selected Row as shown here:

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Globally Editing Floating Time Axis Levels Using the Chart Properties Form’s Time Axis Tab

Clicking the Time Axis Properties command in the time axis right-click context menu shown below accesses the Chart Properties form's Time Axis tab for the at the Level corresponding to the Floating Time Axis Level Cell that you right-clicked:

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From the Chart Properties form Time Axis tab’s Top Level sub-tab you can make most chart global edits to both the Floating Time Axis’ Top Level and the Time Axis Top Level as shown below:

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For example, if you make edits in the Background Colors sub-control group as shown below, you get these results:

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As mentioned earlier, you cannot use the global edit for the Level’s height in the Chart Properties form’s Level tabs to edit the height of a Floating Time Axis Level. To make a change to the height of a Floating Time Axis Level in the graph you must right-click on the text label for the desired Row, access the Row’s context menu and click the Row height … command as discussed below at: Manually Editing the Row Containing a Floating Time Axis Level

Manual Editing of Floating Time Axis Level Cells

Selecting Floating Time Axis Level Cells

Selecting Floating Time Axis Level Cells is accomplished in the same way as selecting Time Axis Level Cells. Floating Time Axis Level Cells can be selected individually with a single left-click, selected in a sequence using the CTL+Left-Click method, or selected in a contiguous set using the SHIFT+Left-Click.

The rules for using the CTL+Left-Click and the SHIFT+Left-Click that apply to using these methods together to select Time Axis Level Cells applies to selecting Floating Time Axis Level Cells. Selecting a Time Axis Level Cell does NOT also select the corresponding Floating Time Axis Level Cell or vice versa. You can select Cells in both Floating Time Axis Levels and Time Axis Levels using the various selection methods.

The rules for selecting multiple Cells with the various selection methods apply. Once Cells in the Floating Time Axis Levels and Time Axis Levels are selected, you can then edit and stretch or compress them as required. Whatever editing, stretching or compressing is done to the selected Cells by either editing in the Time Axis Levels or the Floating Time Axis Levels the actions taken by OnePager assures that these displayed Levels remain consistent in the chart.

Editing Floating Time Axis Cells

Selecting any Floating Time Axis Level Cell allows you to use the time axis right-click context menu to edit that specific Floating Time Axis Level Cell. The context menu accessed when you right-click a Floating Time Axis Level Cell is shown below with the difference highlighted between it and the context menu for a Time Axis Level Cell.

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The top three commands in the context menu above provide the same editing actions for Floating Time Axis Level Cells as they do for Time Axis Level Cells found outside the graph (Top or Bottom of the graph or both). Because the top three commands shown in the context menu above can change the appearance of the Floating Time Axis Level, it is necessary for these commands to also change the appearance of the corresponding Time Axis Level to maintain consistency within the chart and the graph. Accordingly, most edits made to a Floating Time Axis Level Cell are also made to the corresponding Time Axis Level Cell. The exception is in editing the height of a Floating Time Axis Level.

Editing the height of a Floating Time Axis Level does not change the height of the corresponding Time Axis Level and vice versa.

With respect to the Unstretch all cells command, the command is enabled only if one or more Cells in a Time Axis or Floating Time Axis Level is stretched or compressed; otherwise, the command is disabled. If the Unstretch all cells command is exercised on a Floating Time Axis Level Cell, all Time Axis and Floating Time Axis Level Cells are unstretched.

In the context menu above, the Time-axis properties… command accesses the Chart Properties form Time Axis tab’s Top, Middle, or Bottom Level sub-tab when this command is clicked depending on which Level is selected in the Floating Time Axis. Most edits made in the Chart Properties form are applied globally to both the Time Axis Level and any Floating Time Axis Level if the edit applies to Cells. If the edit made in the Chart Properties form Time Axis tab’s Level sub-tabs changes a Level related property, such as the height property, that change is only made in the Time Axis Level and NOT to the Floating Time Axis Level. For the Floating Time Axis, the Insert curtain command is enabled.

For more information on the Insert curtain feature, please see the article at: Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Pro

The Hide floating time axis level command when clicked hides the Floating Time Axis Level and displays an empty Row in the chart. As an empty Row, it takes on the properties and characteristics of any other empty Row.

For more information on how to restore a Hidden Floating Time Axis Level, please see this section in the article at: Unhiding Floating Time Axes

Making Formatting Edits to Floating Time Axis Level Cells

Making formatting edits to Floating Time Axis Level Cells mavericks both the Floating Time Axis Level Cell and the Time Axis Level Cell as well. For example you can edit the background color for a specific Floating Time Axis Level Cell as shown below:

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Clicking the Format cell… command accesses the Time Axis Cell Properties form where you can make edits to the Floating Time Axis Level Cell’s background color as shown here using the OnePager standard Color Chooser:

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Making the above edit to the background color in the Floating Time Axis Level Cell also changes the background color for the corresponding Time Axis Level Cell as shown below:

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In a similar way, if you edit a property of a Time Axis Level Cell when there is a corresponding Floating Time Axis in the chart, the corresponding Floating Time Axis Level Cell takes on the change made to the Time Axis Level Cell.

Hiding A Floating Time Axis Level

The bottom command in the time axis right-click context menu for a Floating Time Axis Level Cell is the Hide floating time axis level command. Clicking this command immediately hides the Floating Time Axis Level regardless of what Cell in the Floating Time Axis is selected.

However, this command hides only the content of the Floating Time Axis Level but leaves the Row visible where the selected Floating Time Axis Level resided as shown illustrated below:

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This behavior is a bit different from that of hiding rows. Normally Rows in the chart are automatically hidden in the graph at the end of the hide rows operation. With Floating Time Axis Levels hiding, the Level converts the area of the graph to a normal Row in the chart that appears as empty space. The Row remaining after the Hide floating time axis level command is completed retains all the properties of a normal Row. It can have text columns and all their properties remain editable. This approach is thought to provide you with greater flexibility when making further edits to the chart containing Floating Time Axis Levels. These normal Rows can be edited like any other Row in the chart. Once a Floating Time Axis Level is hidden and the Row it occupied appears empty, there is no command available to unhide a Floating Time Axis Level.

Removing Empty Rows Previously Occupied by a Floating Time Axis

When Floating Time Axis Levels are hidden, as shown above, the empty Row that replaces the hidden Floating Time Axis Level can be removed from the Graph by using the Hide rows button on the OnePager Home ribbon tool bar tab as shown here:

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Performing the Hide row operation using the Row hiding choices form hides the previously hidden Floating Time Axis Level in the Graph as shown here:

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An alternative approach to hiding any Floating Time Axis Level is to select the Row’s Text Column Label area with a right-click and click the Hide row command in the row right-click context menu as shown below:

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When you do this, the chart again looks like this:

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Unhiding Floating Time Axes

At this point if you want to make the previously Hidden Floating Time Axis Level visible again, our recommendation is to reinsert the Floating Time Axis Level using the right-click in empty space right-click context menu to do the function as described above.

Manually Editing the Row Containing a Floating Time Axis Level

As a Row, the Floating Time Axis can be manipulated as any Row can in the chart. The Row occupied by a Floating Time Axis Level can be configured with Text columns, its row height can be edited, its Row Properties can be edited, and it can be moved manually anywhere in the chart if its Text column(s) are shown in the chart. When a Floating Time Axis Level is present and associated Text columns are shown, the Text columns can be selected separately from the Floating Time Axis Level Cells as illustrated here:

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Selected Floating Time Axis Levels, like Rows in the chart, display handlebars for editing their row height when selected by a left-click in a Text Column Label. Once selected, you can edit the height of the Floating Time Axis Level manually:

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Editing the height of a Floating Time Axis Level does not change the height of the corresponding Time Axis Level or vice versa. Selecting the Properties… command from the row right-click context menu accessed by right-clicking in a Text Column Label accesses the Row/Column Properties form at its Row tab:

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The commands provided in the row right-click context menu accessed by right-clicking in the Floating Time Axis Level’s Text Column Label, work the same as other Rows in the chart with Text columns being shown. In the illustration above, making edits in the Row/Column Properties form for a Floating Time Axis Level only edits the properties of the selected Text Column Label; the Time Floating Time Axis Level Cells are not changed. However, other commands in the row right-click context menu accessed by right-clicking in the Text Column Label occupied by a Floating Time Axis Level do have an impact on the Floating Time Axis Level .

For reference, the context menu accessed by right-clicking in the Text Column Label looks like this:

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Also mentioned above, clicking the Properties … command accesses the Row/Column Properties form which has two tabs as shown below:

Row/Column Properties Form's Row Tab
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Row/Column Properties Form's Cell Tab
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Clicking the Edit text command accesses the Enter text form where you can provide text in the Text Column Label.

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Clicking the row right-click context menu’s Hide row command, the Add row command, and the Split swimlane command all operate on a Floating Time Axis Level as they operate on any other Row in the chart.

Clicking the Row height … command accesses the Row height form where you can manually set the value of the row height with greater precision than with the handlebars on a selected Floating Time Axis Level.

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For more information on editing Rows, please see the articles at:

Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes (Portal)
Editing Row Properties
Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes
Resizing the Height of Rows

Floating Time Axes and the OnePager Template Properties Form

There are No corresponding Floating Time Axis Level or Cell controls in the OnePager Template Properties form. Accordingly, Floating Time Axis Level representations are within the individual chart although some Floating Time Axis Cell properties can be edited globally along with their Time Axis Levels and Cells in the Chart Properties form. Individual Floating Time Axis Levels and Cells can always be manually edited.

Related Links

Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes (Portal)

Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes

Editing Row Properties

Resizing the Height of Rows

Resizing the Height of Swimlanes

Labeling Time Axis Levels for OnePager Pro

Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Pro

Creating Count Up and Down on the Time Axis for OnePager Pro

Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro

Switching Time Axis Levels for OnePager Pro

The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro

Editing Time Axes with the Chart Properties Form for OnePager Pro

Manual Editing the Time Axis for OnePager Pro

Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Pro

Editing with the Chart Properties form (Portal)

Managing Templates (Portal)

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