The Ribbon
Quick access toolbar
The quick access tool-bar provides quick access to frequently used operations.
These are:
- Repository
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Open the repository browser
- Portal
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Open the portal
- Save
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Save the active diagram
- Pin - Unpin
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Pin or unpin a diagram as favorite in Application menu
- Undo
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Undo the latest operation on the active diagram
- Redo
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Redo the last undo operation
Application menu
The IYOPRO’s application menu appears if the top left button of the main window is activated. It allows to:
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Create / open documents / projects
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Save or Save as
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View recently opened files and pin/unpin them as favorites
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Export data into various formats
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Import data from various formats
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Print
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Manage settings and defaults
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Access document properties
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Access to the IYOPRO repository
Ribbon tabs
Presentation
IYOPRO’s ribbon tabs are located at the top of the main window and provide all the features available within IYOPRO in a categorized fashion. The ribbon tabs parts are:
- The main tabs
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They are always visible and are used for the most important actions
- The tabs groups
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When a tab is selected, it will display actions grouped by similar purpose
- Contextual tabs
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Those tabs are only shown when needed. For example, the "Portal" tab is only visible when the Workflow Portal is active.
The Home tab
This tab provides access to the basic actions:
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Create new, open, save and print documents
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Handle clipboard operations
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Manage font and paragraph properties
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Manage the runtime animation feature
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Access simulation & analysis as well as portal modules
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Manage arrange and editing operations
The View tab
This tab gives access to actions needed to manage the view and style of your diagrams:
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Zoom, Pan, Fit
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Magnify portions of large models
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Manage visibility of editor elements like grid lines, preview, lane path…
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Change themes
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Change stencil styles
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Change the user interface language
The Modeling tab
This tab provides access to Modeling settings:
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Handle BPMN 2.0 validation
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Handle process analysis validation
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Create and Apply Attribute extensions
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Transfer Settings from one to multiple other elements
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Control diagram languages
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Perform view dependent edits
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Publish documentation to the IYOPRO Portal
Ribbon tab actions
Undo and Redo
The Undo and Redo Button can be found in the Quick access tool-bar.
You can use the undo and redo command to revert the document to how is was before each change.
Editing rich text
When editing rich text the following buttons become available:
Font
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Font |
Choose from a list of fonts |
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Font size |
Choose from a list of font sizes |
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Grow font / shrink font |
Click to grow / shrink font |
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Bold |
Click to boldface |
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Italic |
Click to italicize |
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Underline |
Click to underline |
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Strike through |
This option is currently not available |
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Subscript |
This option is currently not available |
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Superscript |
This option is currently not available |
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Background color |
This option is currently not available |
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Text Foreground Color |
Choose from a list of font colors |
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Insert link |
Click to open the dialog to insert a hyperlink |
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Edit / view mode |
Interactive text elements like hyperlinks are functional only in view mode |
Paragraph
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Bullets |
This option is currently not available |
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Decrease indent |
This option is currently not available |
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Increase indent |
This option is currently not available |
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Left-aligned |
Click to align the paragraph along the left margin |
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Centered |
Click to center the paragraph between the two margins |
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Right-aligned |
Click to align the paragraph along the right margin |
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Justified alignment |
Click to distribute the text equally between the margins |
Find and replace
With this dialog you can find and replace portions of text in a diagram element.
Find
The find option compares those characters typed into the field "Find What" with the characters in the name of the diagram elements. Select Find Next and the first element, which contains the matching characters will be highlighted as well as the characters themselves. Click again to proceed.
Replace
The first click on the Replace button highlights the matching section. Clicking again replaces the matching section.
Replace All replaces all matching sections in one step.
General
The following search options are available:
- Find Whole Word Only
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The search phrase must match a whole word.
- Match Case
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The search will be case sensitive
With the radio buttons in the direction box you can choose, which direction the find and replace operation will follow:
- All
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Starting from the first highlighted element, considering all elements
- Up
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From a selected element back to the beginning
- Down
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From a selected element to the end
Element arrangement
The element arrangement allows the alignment of elements in relation to a reference element.You may align and/or re-size the elements depended on the chosen operation.
The operation is as followed:
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Select the reference element
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Select the elements to arrange
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Choose the operation from the arrange menu
Align elements
Change the alignment of the items by:
- Align Left
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All selected elements will be left-aligned
- Align Center
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All selected elements will be centered vertically
- Align Right
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All selected elements will be right-aligned.
- Align Top
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All selected elements will be top-aligned
- Align Middle
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All selected elements will be centered horizontally
- Align Bottom
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All selected elements will be bottom-aligned
- Distribute Horizontally
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All selected elements will be distributed horizontally
- Distribute Vertically
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All selected elements will be distributed equally vertically
Zoom, Pan, Fit
The zoom, pan and fit function can be selected in different ways.
View control by mouse operations
The view may be controlled in the following ways:
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Press and hold the Ctrl-key, then press and hold the left mouse button. Moving the mouse will result in a pan operation.
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Press and hold the Shift-key, then drag a rectangle over the view to zoom into that rectangle.
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Press and hold the right mouse button. Moving the mouse will result in a pan operation.
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Press and hold the Shift-key, then double-click somewhere in the work area to fit the diagram into the modeling window.
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Use the mouse wheel to zoom around the current mouse position in the modeling window.
View control in the modeling window
The view control for zoom, pan and fit fades in, if you the mouse moves over it.
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Zoom in |
Click to zoom in |
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Zoom out |
Click to zoom out |
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Fit |
Zoom to fit the diagram in the modeling window |
Pan: the arrows can be used to pan the diagram in all directions
Ribbon tab "View" and shortcuts
To access the tab page, select the tab header View.
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Click and drag a rectangle over the desired area in the modeling window to zoom. Shortcut: press the shift key and drag a rectangle over the desired area |
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Click to zoom in. The zoom in function also can be activated by scrolling the mouse wheel forward. |
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Click to zoom out. The zoom out function also can be activated by scrolling the mouse wheel backwards. |
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Zoom to fit the diagram in the modeling window. Shortcut: press the shift key and double click somewhere in the modeling window |
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Click to activate the pan function. Drag the mouse pointer with pressed mouse button over the modeling window to pan in all directions.To exit from this operation, click somewhere in the modeling window without mouse move. Shortcut: press the control key and drag the mouse pointer over the modeling window. |
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Click and release. A magnifying lens appears, which can be dragged around. To exit this operation, click onto the magnifying lens. |
