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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
  
1) Previous versions of OnePager Pro 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.
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1) Below is a sample of an inserted '''Floating Time Axis''':
  
2) There are schedule presentation requirements where it is necessary to focus attention on a '''narrower''' portion of the '''graph''' but to do so may 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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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(1)-10042018.png]]</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(1)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
3) OnePager Pro 6.1 provides this capability as part of the '''Time Axis Upgrade''' in the form of the '''Non-Linear Time Axis '''feature presented in this article. 
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:a) This is done by right-clicking in the '''Row''' to access the '''context menu '''where you want the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' to appear either '''ABOVE''' or '''BELOW '''as shown here:
  
:a) With the '''Non-Linear Time Axis '''feature you can use the '''Template '''form and '''Project-View Properties '''('''PVP''') 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-tab.
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(2)-10042018.png]]</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(2)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
:b) You can '''edit '''the '''widths '''of individually selected '''Time Axis Level Cells''' by using the new '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form
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:b) 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 project view looks like this:
  
:c) 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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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(3)-10042018.png]]</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(3)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
===The New Non-Linear Time Axis Feature – An Example===
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:c) Repeating the process for '''Inserting '''the Quarter or '''Middle Level Floating Time Axis''' '''ABOVE''' the selected '''Row '''creates '''two levels '''shown below:
  
4) Below is an example of a project view going to be configured with a '''Non-Linear Time Axis''' representation for the '''Bottom Time Axis Level'''.
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(4)-10042018.png]]</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(4)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
:a) First the original '''Bottom Time Axis Level '''representation with the '''Cell''' to be '''stretched''' selected with a left-click is shown in the project view portion below:
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:d) When the action above is completed, all '''three levels''' of the '''Floating Time Axis '''appear.
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(6)-05082018.png]]</center>
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:e) The same procedure can be used to '''Insert Floating Time Axis Levels BELOW''' the selected '''Row''' by accessing the '''context menu''' in the desired '''Row''' and using the alternate set of sub-commands that place '''Floating Time Axis Levels BELOW''' the selected '''Row'''.
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(6)-05082018.png&gt;</center>
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:b) After '''stretching''' the January 2020 '''Time Axis Level Cell '''to the right with the '''drag''' '''and drop''' '''method''', the project view looks like this:
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:f) Several individual or sets of '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' can be inserted in a project view.
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(6A)-05082018.png]]</center>
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2) 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 '''PVP''' form '''Time Axis '''tab’s three '''Level '''sub-tab property setting controls or using the right-click '''context menu’s Format cell…''' command.
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(6A)-05082018.png&gt;</center>
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:c) 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.
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3) Manual '''edits''' made to a '''Time Axis Level '''such as '''editing''' its '''height''' in the PVP form '''Time Axis Level '''tabs are '''not''' made to the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level'''.
  
:d) Additionally, any task/milestones within the '''stretched''' '''timespans''' also are '''stretched'''.
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4) Performing '''edits''' on the '''Row''' in which a '''Floating Time Axis Level '''resides either by using the '''Row’s context menu '''commands or the '''Edit Row properties '''form does '''not''' make corresponding '''edits''' to the properties of the corresponding '''Time Axis Level'''.
  
5) You can select multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells''' using the '''CTL+Left-Click '''method in a single or in multiple '''Time Axis Levels'''.
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5) Only '''edits''' to individual or multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells''' are mirrored in their corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' and vice versa.
  
:a) 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 Level’s context menu''', and use any of the '''Format cell… '''command in the '''context menu '''as shown below:
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==Using the Floating Time Axis Feature==
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(8)-05082018.png]]</center>
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1) 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, milestones, task links, comment boxes and other decorations can be viewed close to a '''Time Axis '''visual representation as illustrated here:
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(8)-05082018.png&gt;</center>
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:b) Selecting multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells '''in any '''Time Axis Level''' and right-clicking on any selected '''Cells '''also accesses the '''context menu '''where most of the '''context menu’s''' command can be used.
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(5)-10042018.png]]</center>
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6) Selecting multiple '''Time Axis Level Cells '''in different '''Time Axis Levels''' with the intent of '''stretching''' all the selected '''Cells''' is '''not supported'''.
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:a) '''Floating Time Axes''' are manually inserted individually by '''Levels'''.
  
:a) If this is attempted, OnePager Pro 6.1 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'''.
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:b) '''Floating Time Axes '''can be inserted '''ABOVE''' or '''BELOW''' any selected '''Row''' in the '''graph'''.
  
:b) '''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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:c) '''Floating Time Axes '''occupy a new '''Row''' in the '''graph '''for each '''Level'''.
  
7) More information on the above techniques is available in the sections that follow and at this article link:  [[Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro for Version 6.1#Formatting Individual Time Axis Level Cells | Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro - Formatting Individual Time Axis Level Cells]] 22.3.3-61
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:d) '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' can be individually selected with a left or right-click, '''edited''', or '''hidden'''.
  
==Managing Non-Linear Timespans in the Project View==
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:e) 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'''.
  
===Creating Timespans in the PVP Form Time Axis Tab Format Sub-tab’s Grid===
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:f) '''Row''' containing a '''Floating Time Axis Level '''can be moved up or down in the '''graph''' as any other '''Row''' in the project view.
  
1) The discussion in this section and in following sections references '''The Grid''' several times.  It is recommended that you review the available material on '''The Grid''' to enhance your understanding at this reference link:  [[Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro for Version 6.1#Understanding The Timespans Grid in the Template and PVP Form’s Time Axis-Format Sub-Tab | Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Pro – Understanding The Grid]] 22.3.3-61.
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:g) '''Edits''' made to '''Time Axis Level''' '''Cells '''are mirrored in the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level''' '''Cells''' and vice versa.
  
2) 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 follows:
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2) '''Floating Time Axes''' can be particularly helpful when project views are vertically long or the '''Top '''or''' Bottom Time Axes''' cannot be visible in the output media presentation.
  
:a) Below is a project view the example '''timespan''' month '''stretched '''to help illustrate the feature:
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===Creating Floating Time Axis Levels===
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19M)-05252018.png]]</center>
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3) '''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.
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19M)-05252018.png&gt;</center>
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:b) As stated in the above illustration, the requirement is to '''expand''' the '''time period''' from January 13, 2020 up to the beginning of January 16, 2020 to 300 percent (%) of the original '''width''' of the inclusive days.
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4) OnePager Express 6.1 places the initial '''Floating Time Axis''' in the nearest full '''Row''' '''ABOVE''' or '''BELOW''' the '''Row''' in which you make the right-click.
  
:c) To do this, first use the '''PVP '''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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5) 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:
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19N)-05252018.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(2)-10042018.png]]</center>
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19N)-05252018.png&gt;</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(2)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
:d) With the '''Timespan entry''' in '''The Grid''', change the '''From Date '''to 1/13/2020 and the '''To Date''' to 1/16/2020.
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:a) 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:
  
::i) These settings cover from midnight 1/13/2020 through midnight on 1/16/2020 or three full days. 
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(6)-10042018.png]]</center>
::ii) Then change the contents of the '''Zoom% cell''' to 300%.
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(6)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
::iii) After you do this, the form looks like this:
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<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19O)-05252018.png]]</center>
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:b) The placement of this '''Floating Time Axis '''occupies a new '''Row''' regardless of whether '''Row''' and/or''' swimlane labels''' are being '''shown'''.  
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19O)-05252018.png&gt;</center>
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:e) When you click the '''Apply''' or '''OK''' button in the '''PVP '''form, the project view looks like this with the '''Added Timespan''' '''stretched''' to 300%:
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:c) 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 project view '''ABOVE''' the selected '''Row '''as shown here:
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19P)-05252018.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(5)-10042018.png]]</center>
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19P)-05252018.png&gt;</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(5)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
:f) You can easily verify this by making two simple alterations to the '''Middle''' and '''Bottom Time Axis Level’s''' scales. 
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===Using the PVP Form’s Time Axis Tab to Globally Edit Floating Time Axis Levels===
  
:g) 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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6) Clicking the '''Time Axis Properties '''command in the right-click '''context menu '''shown below accesses the '''PVP Time Axis '''tab for the at the '''Level''' corresponding to the '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' that you right-clicked:
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19Q)-05252018.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(7)-10042018.png]]</center>
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19Q)-05252018.png&gt;</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(7)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
:h) The above project view segment shows the three days intended to be '''stretched '''at the correct '''width'''.
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:a) From the '''PVP '''form''' Time Axis '''tab’s '''Top Level''' sub-tab you can make most project view '''global edits''' to both the '''Floating Time Axis’ Top Level''' and the '''Time Axis’ Top''' '''Level '''as shown below:
  
===Creating Timespans Using Manual Drag and Drop on Time Axis Level Cells===
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(8)-10042018.png]]</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(8)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
3) The following example illustrates a use of the '''drag and drop method '''when '''editing '''the '''width '''of '''timespans''':
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:b) For example, if you make '''edits''' in the '''Background Colors '''sub-control group as shown below, you get these results:
  
:a) 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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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(9)-10042018.png]]</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(9)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19)-05142018.png]]</center>
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:c) As mentioned earlier, you cannot use the '''global edit''' for the '''Level’s height''' in the '''PVP '''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 Express for Version 6.1#Manually Editing the Row Containing a Floating Time Axis Level | Manually Editing the Row Containing a Floating Time Axis Level]]. <!--22.3.10-61.-->
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19)-05142018.png&gt;</center>
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:b) Preparing a standard project view 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 project view something like this:
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===Manual Editing of Floating Time Axis Level Cells===
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19A)-05142018.png]]</center>
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====Selecting Floating Time Axis Level Cells====
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19A)-05142018.png&gt;</center>
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:c) 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'''.  
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7) Selecting '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' is accomplished in the same way as selecting '''Time Axis Level Cells'''.
  
:d) 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.  
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:a) '''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'''.
  
:e) Repeat the process for 2018 Quarter 4 and 2019 Quarter 4.  When these three '''drag and drop editing''' actions are complete, the project view looks like this:
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:b) 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 using these methods for selecting '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells'''.
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19B)-05142018.png]]</center>
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:c) Selecting a '''Time Axis Level Cell '''does '''NOT '''also select the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' or vice versa.
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19B)-05142018.png&gt;</center>
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4) Comparing the '''before''' project view with the project view '''after stretching''' the three Quarterly '''Time Axis Level Cells''', you see that:
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:d) 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.
  
:a) The '''Start''' and '''Finish Date boundaries''' for the project view did not change although the scale of the project view on the screen and in any output media changed.
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:e) 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.
  
:b) The '''Time Axis Level Cells''' in the '''Bottom''' and '''Top Time Axe Levels '''are '''stretched''' to correspond with the '''stretching''' actions taken in the '''Middle Level'''.
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:f) 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''' is done such that these displayed '''Levels '''remain consistent in the project view.
  
:c) 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 project view as a whole.
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====Editing Floating Time Axis Cells====
  
:d) Tasks in the '''graph''' occupying the '''stretched timespans''' are correspondingly '''stretched''' but task '''Start/End Date boundaries''' are not changed relative to the '''stretched''' '''timespans'''.
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8) Selecting any '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' allows you to use the '''context menu''' to '''edit''' that specific '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell'''.
  
:e) Portions of tasks that are outside the '''stretched''' '''timespans''' are not '''stretched''' and properly sit on their appropriate '''Start '''and '''End Date boundaries'''.
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9) 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'''.
  
:f) '''Decorations''' that appear '''inside''' '''stretched''' tasks such as '''baselines''',''' critical path segments''', and '''percent complete segments''' are proportionally '''stretched''' to occupy the same relative '''horizontal linear space''' within the task.
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(10)-10042018.png]]</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(10)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
:g) '''Decorations''' that appear '''outside''' of '''stretched''' tasks such as '''Task Labels''', '''Date Labels''', '''Deadlines''', and '''Endpoints''' are '''not''' '''stretched'''.
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:a) 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).
  
:h) '''Task Links''' (not shown above) are also proportionally adjusted to conform to the '''stretched''' '''timespans'''.
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:b) 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 project view and the '''graph'''.
  
:i) '''Free Boxes''' and task '''Comment Boxes''' are '''not stretched'''.
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::i) Accordingly, most '''edits''' made to a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' are also made to the corresponding '''Time Axis Level Cell'''. 
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::ii) 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.
  
:j) '''Task Label Font Properties''' are not changed for those tasks shown in '''stretched''' '''timespans'''.
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:c) 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'''.
  
:k) '''Curtains''' occupying '''stretched''' '''timespans '''are '''horizontally stretched''' to retain their defined '''Curtain Start '''and '''End''' '''Date boundaries'''.
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:d) 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'''.
  
:l) '''Background images''' in the '''graph''' are not resized regardless of where they''' '''appear within a '''stretched''' '''timespans'''.
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:e) In the '''context menu''' above, the '''Time-axis properties…''' command accesses the '''PVP '''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'''.
  
5) These modifications to the '''stretched Time Axis Level Cells '''involved provides graphic ways to emphasize these important '''timespans'''
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::i) Most '''edits''' made in the '''PVP '''form are applied '''globally''' to both the '''Time Axis''' '''Level '''and any '''Floating Time Axis Level '''if the '''edit''' applies to '''Cells'''.
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::ii) If the '''edit''' made in the '''PVP '''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'''.
  
===Creating Timespans Using the Time Axis Cell Properties Form===
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:f) 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 Express for Version 6.1 | Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Express]]. <!--22.5.6-61.-->
  
6) 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 '''context menu''' as shown below:
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:g) The '''Hide floating time axis level '''command when clicked '''hides''' the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' and displays an empty '''Row '''in the project view.  As an empty '''Row''', it takes on the properties and characteristics of any other empty '''Row'''.  A discussion of how to restore a '''Hidden Floating Time Axis Level''' is given in paragraphs below.
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19C)-05142018.png]]</center>
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10) 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.
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19C)-05142018.png&gt;</center>
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:a) Clicking the '''Format cell…''' button accesses the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form:
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:a) For example you can '''edit''' the '''background color''' for a specific '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' as shown below:
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19D)-05142018.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(11)-10042018.png]]</center>
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19D)-05142018.png&gt;</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(11)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
:b) In this form you can modify the selected '''Cell''' or '''Cells background color''' and '''Font properties '''as in previous versions of OnePager Pro.  Clicking the '''Color''' dropdown accesses the Standard '''Color Chooser''' form and clicking the '''Font '''dropdown accesses the Standard '''Font properties '''form.
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:b) 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 Standard '''Color Chooser''':
  
:c) 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'''.
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(12)-10042018.png]]</center>
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:d) You cannot set the '''Zoom% '''value window to '''zero (0) or less'''. Attempting this causes OnePager Pro 6.1 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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:c) 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:
  
:e) You cannot set the '''Zoom% value greater than 1,000% '''either. Doing so causes OnePager Pro 6.1 to reset the value back to 1,000%.
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(13)-10042018.png]]</center>
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:f) If multiple '''Cells '''are in different '''Time Axis Levels''', you can modify all selected '''Cells''' with respect to '''Background color''' and '''Font properties'''.
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:d) 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 project view, the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell''' takes on the change made to the '''Time Axis Level Cell'''.
  
:g) The '''Cell width window''' in the form is for informational purposes only.   
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11) The bottom command in the right-click '''context menu '''for a '''Floating Time Axis Level Cell '''is the '''Hide floating time axis level''' command.   
  
:h) 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''' you are using (e.g., inches or centimeters).
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:a) Clicking this command immediately '''hides '''the '''Floating Time Axis Level''' regardless of what '''Cell''' in the '''Floating Time Axis '''was selected.
  
:i) 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 '''Project-View Properties''' form.  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 Pro for Version 6.1 | Changing the Time Axis Background Color and Fill Pattern for OnePager Pro]] 22.1.3-61.
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:b) 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:
  
:j) Making any of the '''edits''' described above to an individual '''Time Axis Level Cell '''or '''Cells''' makes them all '''mavericks'''.
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(14)-10042018.png]]</center>
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:k) 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 '''PVP '''form.
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:c) This behavior is a bit different from that of '''hiding rows'''.  Normally '''Rows''' in the project view are automatically '''hidden''' in the '''graph''' at the end of the '''hide rows '''operation.
  
===Unstretch All Cells after Creating Non-Linear Timespans===
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:d) With '''Floating Time Axis Levels''', '''hiding''' the '''Level '''converts the area of the '''graph''' to a normal '''Row''' in the project view that appears as empty space.
  
7) In the examples above, '''Non-Linear timespans''' are created.  If it is unpractical to use the '''UNDO''' feature in OnePager Pro 6.1 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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:e) 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'''.
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19E)-05152018.png]]</center>
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:f) This approach is thought to provide you with greater flexibility when making further '''edits''' to the project view containing '''Floating Time Axis Levels'''. These normal '''Rows''' can be '''edited''' like any other '''Row''' in the project view.
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19E)-05152018.png&gt;</center>
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:a) 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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:g) 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'''.  The recommended approach in this case is discussed below.
  
:b) '''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'''.
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12) 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 '''Home''' tab of the OnePager 6.1 ribbon as shown here:
  
:c) 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'''.  
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(15)-10042018.png]]</center>
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:d) The '''unstretch''' procedure is inclusive for '''all''' '''Time Axis Levels''' starting with the '''Top Level''', then the '''Middle Level''', and finally the '''Bottom Level'''.
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:a) 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:
  
:e) If the project view contains one or more '''Floating Time Axes''', they are '''unstretched '''to match the corresponding '''Cells''' of each '''Time Axis Level'''.  Please see the article on '''Floating Time Axes '''for more information at this link:  [[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 6.1 | The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro]] 22.3.9-61.
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(16-1)-10042018.png]]</center>
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::f) After the '''Unstretch all cells '''command is used, the '''Time Axis '''for our example looks like this:
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:b) 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 '''context menu''' as shown below:
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19F)-05152018.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(17)-10042018.png]]</center>
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19F)-05152018.png&gt;</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(17)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
===Using the Insert Curtain Command===
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:c) When you do this, the project view again looks like this:
  
8) It can be advantageous from time to time to insert a '''Curtain''' into the project view that has exactly the same '''Start/End Date boundaries''' as a particular '''Time Axis Level Cell '''or '''Cells'''.
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(16-1)-10042018.png]]</center>
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9) For example, it can be necessary to highlight a particular Quarter as important in a schedule conversation as shown further below.
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13) 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 '''context menu '''to do the function as described above.
  
10) '''Time Axis Level Cell '''related '''Curtains''' can be added to the project view using the right-click on '''Time Axis Level Cell context menu '''and clicking the '''Insert curtain '''command.
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====Manually Editing the Row Containing a Floating Time Axis Level ====
  
:a) To insert a '''Curtain '''with '''Time Axis Level Cell boundaries''', first select the '''Cell '''or '''Cells''' to access the '''Time Axis context menu''' as shown below:
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14) As a '''Row''', the '''Floating Time Axis''' can be manipulated as any '''Row '''can''' '''in the project view.  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 project view if its '''Text column(s)''' are '''shown''' in the project view.
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19G)-05152018.png]]</center>
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:a) 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>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19G)-05152018.png&gt;</center>
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:b) When you click the '''Insert curtain''' command a basic '''Curtain '''is inserted into the project view with '''Start/End Date boundaries''' the same as those for the selected '''Time Axis Level Cell(s)''' as shown here:
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(18)-10042018.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19H)-05152018.png]]</center>
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:b) Selected '''Floating Time Axis Levels''', like '''Rows''' in the project view, 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>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19H)-05152018.png&gt;</center>
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:c) 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'''.
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(19)-10042018.png]]</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(19)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
:d) An '''Inserted Curtain''' can be '''edited''' by right-clicking on it to access the '''Curtain context menu '''as shown below:
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:c) '''Editing''' the '''height''' of a '''Floating Time Axis Level''' does not change the '''height '''of the corresponding '''Time Axis Level '''or vice versa.
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19I)-05152018.png]]</center>
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:d) Selecting the '''Properties… '''command from the '''context menu''' accessed by right-clicking in a '''Text Column Label''' accesses the '''Edit Row properties '''form:
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19I)-05152018.png&gt;</center>
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:e) The commands in the above '''context menu''' operate in the same ways as '''context menu '''commands for all other '''Curtains'''. Please see the article at:  [[Creating and Managing Curtains for Version 6.1 | Creating and Managing Curtains]] 16.0.1-61.
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(20)-10042018.png]]</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(20)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
:f) 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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:e) The commands provided in the '''context menu''' accessed by right-clicking in the '''Floating Time Axis Level’s Text Column Label''', work the same as other '''Rows''' in the project view with '''Text columns''' being '''shown'''.  .
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19J)-05152018.png]]</center>
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:f) In the illustration above, making '''edits''' in the '''Edit Row 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.
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19J)-05152018.png&gt;</center>
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11) To '''edit''' an '''Inserted Curtain''', you can access the '''Curtain Properties '''form in one of two ways:
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15) However, other commands in the '''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 '''as follows:
  
:a) 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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:a) For reference, the '''context menu '''accessed by right-clicking in the '''Text Column Label''' looks like this:
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19K)-05152018.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(22)-10042018.png]]</center>
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19K)-05152018.png&gt;</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(22)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
:b) The other method for accessing the '''Curtain Properties''' form is to right-click on the '''Inserted Curtain''' itself to access the '''context menu '''and click the '''Properties … '''command as shown below:
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:b) Also mentioned above, clicking the '''Properties '''command accesses the '''Edit Row properties''' form.
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19L)-05152018.png]]</center>
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(21)-10042018.png]]</center>
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(19L)-05152018.png&gt;</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(21)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
12) For more information on '''Inserted Curtains''', please see the article at:  [[Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Pro for Version 6.1 | Creating, Editing, and Managing Time Axis Daily Curtains for OnePager Pro]] 22.5.5-61.
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:c) Clicking the '''Edit text '''command accesses the '''Enter text''' form where you can provide '''text '''in the '''Text Column Label'''.
  
==Formatting Individual Time Axis Level Cells==
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<center>[[File:X61-22_3_10-61-(23)-10042018.png]]</center>
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1) '''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 '''context menu''' shown below:
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:d) Clicking the '''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 project view.
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15H)-05102018.png]]</center>
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:e) 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>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15H)-05102018.png&gt;</center>
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:a) 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:X61-22_3_10-61-(24)-10042018.png]]</center>
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<!--center>&lt;X61-22_3_10-61-(24)-10042018.png&gt;</center-->
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15I)-05102018.png]]</center>
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:f) For more information on '''editing''' '''Rows''' please see the articles in this section: [[Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes for Version 6.1 (Portal) | Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes (Portal)]] <!--12.0.1-61--> and [[Showing and Hiding Text Columns or Swimlane Labels for Version 6.1 | Showing and Hiding Text Columns or Swimlane Labels]] <!--12.2.1-61--> for more information.
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15I)-05102018.png&gt;</center>
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:b) 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'''.
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===Floating Time Axes and the OnePager 6.1 Template===
  
:c) 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 Pro 6.1.  Instead, OnePager Pro 6.1 sets the '''Zoom% '''value for entries values less than or equal to zero to a '''Zoom% '''value of 2.0 percent.
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16) There are '''No''' corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level''' or '''Cell''' controls in the OnePager Express 6.1 '''Template''' form.
  
:d) Reselecting 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 '''PVP '''form.
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:a) Accordingly, '''Floating Time Axis''' '''Level '''representations are within the individual project view although some '''Floating Time Axis Cell properties''' can be '''edited''' '''globally''' along with their '''Time Axis Levels''' and '''Cells''' in the '''PVP '''form.  
  
===Creating Non-Linear Time Axis Level Cells with the Drag and Drop Method===
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:b) Individual '''Floating Time Axis Levels''' and '''Cells''' can always be manually '''edited'''.
  
2) '''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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==Related Links==
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15N)-06072018.png]]</center>
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[[Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes for Version 6.1 (Portal) | Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes (Portal)]]. <!--12.0.1-61-->  
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15N)-06072018.png&gt;</center>
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:a) 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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[[Showing and Hiding Text Columns or Swimlane Labels for Version 6.1 | Showing and Hiding Text Columns or Swimlane Labels]] <!--12.2.1-61-->
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15O)-06072018.png]]</center>
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[[Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes for Version 6.1 | Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes]] <!--12.13.1-61-->
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15O)-06072018.png&gt;</center>
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:b) You can use '''Time Axis Level Cell '''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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[[Labeling Time Axis Levels for OnePager Express for Version 6.1 | Labeling Time Axis Levels for OnePager Express]] <!--22.1.6-61-->
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15P)-06072018.png]]</center>
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[[Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Express for Version 6.1 | Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Express]] <!--22.1.8-61-->
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15P)-06072018.png&gt;</center>
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3) 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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[[Creating Count Up and Down on the Time Axis for OnePager Express for Version 6.1 | Creating Count Up and Down on the Time Axis for OnePager Express]] <!--22.2.6-61-->
  
<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15Q)-06072018.png]]</center>
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[[Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Express for Version 6.1 | Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Express]] <!--22.3.4-61-->
<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15Q)-06072018.png&gt;</center>
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:a) Above, there are five (5) '''Time Axis Level Cells''' selected in the order shown.
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[[Re-Ordering Time Axis Levels for OnePager Express for Version 6.1 | Switching Time Axis Levels for OnePager Express]] <!--22.3.6-61-->
 
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:b) Although there are five (5) '''Time Axis Level Cells '''selected above, you can only '''stretch '''or '''compress '''selected '''Cell '''using the '''drag and drop method '''in '''one Time Axis Level only '''as shown below:
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<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15R)-06072018.png]]</center>
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<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15R)-06072018.png&gt;</center>
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:c) If you now use the mouse to '''stretch '''the 2019 Quarter 2 '''Middle Time Axis Level Cell''', OnePager Pro 6.1 '''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:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15V)-06072018.png]]</center>
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<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15V)-06072018.png&gt;</center>
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:d) On the other hand, if you start to '''stretch '''the '''Bottom Time Axis Level Cells''', OnePager Pro 6.1 '''de-selects''' the '''Middle Time Axis Level Cells''' before performing the desired '''stretch''' as shown below:
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<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15S)-06072018.png]]</center>
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<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15S)-06072018.png&gt;</center>
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4) 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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<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15T)-06072018.png]]</center>
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<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15T)-06072018.png&gt;</center>
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:a) 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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<center>[[File:P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15U)-06072018.png]]</center>
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<center>&lt;P61-0_4_1_9-61-(15U)-06072018.png&gt;</center>
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:b) 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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===Notes on Selecting Time Axis Level Cells===
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5) Using a combination of the '''CTL+Left-Click''' and the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' is restricted.  The following rules apply:
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:a) 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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:b) 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.  When you have a contiguous series of '''Time Axis Level Cells''' selected you can right-click on any one of them to access the '''context menu'''.
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:c) 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'''.  Attempting to use the '''SHIFT+Left-Click''' across two or more '''Levels''' is not honored. 
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::i) 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.
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::ii) This results in the clicked '''Time Axis Level Cells''' in the two '''Levels''' being selected.
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::iii) Attempting to use the '''SHIFT+Left-Click '''in either the '''Bottom Level''' or the '''Middle Level Time Axes''' results in contiguous '''cells''' being selected.
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::iv) 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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==Non-Linear Time Axis Cells and The Floating Time Axis Feature==
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1) The new OnePager Pro 6.1 '''Floating Time Axis '''feature is covered in the article at:  [[The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro for Version 6.1 | The Floating Time Axis Feature for OnePager Pro]] 22.3.9-61.
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2) However, the relationship between the '''Non-Linear Time Axis '''and the '''Floating Time Axis '''features needs to be covered here as well.
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3) 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 project view, 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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4) As mentioned above, '''The Grid''' found in the '''Template''' and '''PVP '''forms '''Time Axis '''tab '''Format '''sub-tab is used to define '''timespans''' and their '''widths''' in the example below.  When the project view 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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:a) Suppose we have the project view 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 4 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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:b) After you click '''OK''' or '''Apply '''in the '''PVP '''form, OnePager Pro 6.1 '''edits''' the project view by '''widening''' the 2019 Quarter 4 '''timespan '''in the '''Time Axis '''and in the '''Floating Time Axis '''as shown here:
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===Manual Editing of Time Axis Level Cells and the Floating Time Axis===
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5) When '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells '''are present in the project view and you select '''Time Axis Level Cells''' for '''editing '''using the '''Format cell…''' command in the '''context menu''' and the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form to achieve the same Quarter 4 2019 '''timespan widening '''to 300%, the same '''edit '''is applied to the corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' as shown in the example below:
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:a)Using the same project view as in the previous example, right-click the 2019 Quarter 4 '''Time Axis Level Cell '''to access the '''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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:b) After you change the '''Zoom%''' to 300.0%, the '''Cell width '''widow updates to show the new '''cell width '''in standard units. 
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:c) When you click the '''OK '''button on the '''Time Axis Cell Properties '''form, the project view is updated to reflect the new 2019 Quarter 4 '''Time Axis Level Cell '''and '''Floating Time Axis Cell width '''of 300% as shown below:
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6) 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 project view is used below to illustrate this feature.
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:a) Using the previously considered project view and the desire to '''widen '''Quarter 4 2019 to 300% '''Zoom%''', you only have to select the Quarter 4 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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:b) After '''dragging''' the mouse to the right and then releasing the mouse right click at the desired location, the project view looks like this:
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:c) You can check on the actual '''Zoom% '''value achieved by the '''drag and drop method''' shown above by selected the '''widened '''2019 Quarter 4 '''Middle Time Axis Level Cell''', right-click on it to access the '''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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:d)In the example shown above, the actual '''Zoom%''' value realized is 302.0 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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7) 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'''.
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:a) 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'''.
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:b) 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 project view).
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9) The converse is also true.  Any single '''edit''' to a '''Floating Time Axis Cell''' when there are multiple corresponding '''Floating Time Axis Level Cells''' in the project view applies the '''edit '''all '''Floating Time Axis Cells '''and the corresponding '''Time Axis Level Cells'''.
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2) If your project view contains '''Non-Linear Time Axis Level Cells''', these settings in '''The Grid '''are '''copied''' to the new '''Template''' form as '''entries '''in '''The Grid''',''' '''and '''saved'''.
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1) 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.'''
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Latest revision as of 13:24, 14 December 2018

Overview

1) Below is a sample of an inserted Floating Time Axis:

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a) This is done by right-clicking in the Row to access the context menu where you want the Floating Time Axis Level to appear either ABOVE or BELOW as shown here:
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b) 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 project view looks like this:
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c) 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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d) When the action above is completed, all three levels of the Floating Time Axis appear.
e) The same procedure can be used to Insert Floating Time Axis Levels BELOW the selected Row by accessing the context menu in the desired Row and using the alternate set of sub-commands that place Floating Time Axis Levels BELOW the selected Row.
f) Several individual or sets of Floating Time Axis Levels can be inserted in a project view.

2) 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 PVP form Time Axis tab’s three Level sub-tab property setting controls or using the right-click context menu’s Format cell… command.

3) Manual edits made to a Time Axis Level such as editing its height in the PVP form Time Axis Level tabs are not made to the corresponding Floating Time Axis Level.

4) Performing edits on the Row in which a Floating Time Axis Level resides either by using the Row’s context menu commands or the Edit Row properties form does not make corresponding edits to the properties of the corresponding Time Axis Level.

5) 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

1) 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, milestones, task links, comment boxes and other decorations can be viewed close to a Time Axis visual representation as illustrated here:

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a) Floating Time Axes are manually inserted individually by Levels.
b) Floating Time Axes can be inserted ABOVE or BELOW any selected Row in the graph.
c) Floating Time Axes occupy a new Row in the graph for each Level.
d) Floating Time Axis Level Cells can be individually selected with a left or right-click, edited, or hidden.
e) 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.
f) Row containing a Floating Time Axis Level can be moved up or down in the graph as any other Row in the project view.
g) Edits made to Time Axis Level Cells are mirrored in the corresponding Floating Time Axis Level Cells and vice versa.

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

Creating Floating Time Axis Levels

3) 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.

4) OnePager Express 6.1 places the initial Floating Time Axis in the nearest full Row ABOVE or BELOW the Row in which you make the right-click.

5) 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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a) 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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b) The placement of this Floating Time Axis occupies a new Row regardless of whether Row and/or swimlane labels are being shown.
c) 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 project view ABOVE the selected Row as shown here:
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Using the PVP Form’s Time Axis Tab to Globally Edit Floating Time Axis Levels

6) Clicking the Time Axis Properties command in the right-click context menu shown below accesses the PVP Time Axis tab for the at the Level corresponding to the Floating Time Axis Level Cell that you right-clicked:

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a) From the PVP form Time Axis tab’s Top Level sub-tab you can make most project view global edits to both the Floating Time Axis’ Top Level and the Time Axis’ Top Level as shown below:
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b) For example, if you make edits in the Background Colors sub-control group as shown below, you get these results:
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c) As mentioned earlier, you cannot use the global edit for the Level’s height in the PVP 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

7) Selecting Floating Time Axis Level Cells is accomplished in the same way as selecting Time Axis Level Cells.

a) 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.
b) 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 using these methods for selecting Floating Time Axis Level Cells.
c) Selecting a Time Axis Level Cell does NOT also select the corresponding Floating Time Axis Level Cell or vice versa.
d) 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.
e) 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.
f) 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 is done such that these displayed Levels remain consistent in the project view.

Editing Floating Time Axis Cells

8) Selecting any Floating Time Axis Level Cell allows you to use the context menu to edit that specific Floating Time Axis Level Cell.

9) 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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a) 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).
b) 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 project view and the graph.
i) Accordingly, most edits made to a Floating Time Axis Level Cell are also made to the corresponding Time Axis Level Cell.
ii) 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.
c) 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.
d) 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.
e) In the context menu above, the Time-axis properties… command accesses the PVP 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.
i) Most edits made in the PVP form are applied globally to both the Time Axis Level and any Floating Time Axis Level if the edit applies to Cells.
ii) If the edit made in the PVP 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.
f) 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 Express.
g) The Hide floating time axis level command when clicked hides the Floating Time Axis Level and displays an empty Row in the project view. As an empty Row, it takes on the properties and characteristics of any other empty Row. A discussion of how to restore a Hidden Floating Time Axis Level is given in paragraphs below.

10) 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.

a) For example you can edit the background color for a specific Floating Time Axis Level Cell as shown below:
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b) 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 Standard Color Chooser:
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c) 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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d) 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 project view, the corresponding Floating Time Axis Level Cell takes on the change made to the Time Axis Level Cell.

11) The bottom command in the right-click context menu for a Floating Time Axis Level Cell is the Hide floating time axis level command.

a) Clicking this command immediately hides the Floating Time Axis Level regardless of what Cell in the Floating Time Axis was selected.
b) 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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c) This behavior is a bit different from that of hiding rows. Normally Rows in the project view are automatically hidden in the graph at the end of the hide rows operation.
d) With Floating Time Axis Levels, hiding the Level converts the area of the graph to a normal Row in the project view that appears as empty space.
e) 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.
f) This approach is thought to provide you with greater flexibility when making further edits to the project view containing Floating Time Axis Levels. These normal Rows can be edited like any other Row in the project view.
g) 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. The recommended approach in this case is discussed below.

12) 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 Home tab of the OnePager 6.1 ribbon as shown here:

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a) 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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b) 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 context menu as shown below:
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c) When you do this, the project view again looks like this:
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13) 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 context menu to do the function as described above.

Manually Editing the Row Containing a Floating Time Axis Level

14) As a Row, the Floating Time Axis can be manipulated as any Row can in the project view. 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 project view if its Text column(s) are shown in the project view.

a) 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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b) Selected Floating Time Axis Levels, like Rows in the project view, 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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c) Editing the height of a Floating Time Axis Level does not change the height of the corresponding Time Axis Level or vice versa.
d) Selecting the Properties… command from the context menu accessed by right-clicking in a Text Column Label accesses the Edit Row properties form:
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e) The commands provided in the context menu accessed by right-clicking in the Floating Time Axis Level’s Text Column Label, work the same as other Rows in the project view with Text columns being shown. .
f) In the illustration above, making edits in the Edit Row 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.

15) However, other commands in the 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 as follows:

a) For reference, the context menu accessed by right-clicking in the Text Column Label looks like this:
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b) Also mentioned above, clicking the Properties … command accesses the Edit Row properties form.
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c) Clicking the Edit text command accesses the Enter text form where you can provide text in the Text Column Label.
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d) Clicking the 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 project view.
e) 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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f) For more information on editing Rows please see the articles in this section: Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes (Portal) and Showing and Hiding Text Columns or Swimlane Labels for more information.

Floating Time Axes and the OnePager 6.1 Template

16) There are No corresponding Floating Time Axis Level or Cell controls in the OnePager Express 6.1 Template form.

a) Accordingly, Floating Time Axis Level representations are within the individual project view although some Floating Time Axis Cell properties can be edited globally along with their Time Axis Levels and Cells in the PVP form.
b) Individual Floating Time Axis Levels and Cells can always be manually edited.

Related Links

Creating and Editing Rows and Swimlanes (Portal).

Showing and Hiding Text Columns or Swimlane Labels

Hiding and Unhiding Rows and Swimlanes

Labeling Time Axis Levels for OnePager Express

Changing the Time Axis Borders for OnePager Express

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

Showing and Hiding Time Axis Levels and Cells for OnePager Express

Switching Time Axis Levels for OnePager Express

The Non-Linear Time Axis Feature for OnePager Express

Editing Time Axes with the Project-View Properties Form for OnePager Express

Manual Editing the Time Axis for OnePager Express

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

Editing with the Project-View Properties form (Portal)

Managing Templates (Portal)

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