With symbol text, you can enter up to 3 lines of text
with any symbol on your schedule. The example below, shows a symbol with
3 lines of symbol text:
Adjust the location of the symbol text:
Simple keyboard shortcuts make
adjusting the placement of your symbol text easy.
1
Click the Arrow tool in the toolbox.
2
On the schedule,
click once on the symbol with the text.
3
Hold down the ALT key.
4
Click the arrow keys to move the text
around. The left and right arrows will move the text
horizontally while the up and down arrows will move the text
vertically.
Navigate to another symbol:
Sometimes, on a dense schedule, it may be difficult
to select the symbol you want to adjust. By using the keyboard, it
may be easier to access symbols in a very crowded area:
1
Click the Arrow tool in the toolbox.
2
On the schedule, click once on any
symbol near the symbol you want to change.
3
Use the left and right arrow keys to
move to other symbols on the task row. Use the up and down
arrow keys to move to a symbol on a different row.
Make the symbol text appear at an angle:
(Under Tools | Options | View/Display)
It’s possible to show symbol text at an angle.
Simply double-click a symbol on the schedule and check “Draw Text at
Angle” on the Text tab of the Symbol Properties dialog. The
default angle is set to 45 degrees. It can be changed under Tools |
Options | View/Display.
Text above and in the middle of the symbol will be
drawn up from the symbol at a 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 135, or
150-degree angle. Alternately, if the text is below the symbol it is
drawn down at -30,-45, -60, -90, -120, -135, or -150 degrees. Any
text greater than 90 degrees is reversed so that it is not
upside-down.
Note: When the “Draw Text at Angle” selection is
active, the following constraints happen automatically:
1
Only a single line of text is drawn regardless
of how many are in the symbol.
2
No text box is drawn even if selected in the
Toolbox for this symbol type.
3
The “Force background color” option under
Tools | Options | View/Display is ignored. The degrees setting
defaults to 45 degrees. It can be changed under Tools | Options
| View/Display
Vertically move symbol text (AKA remote text)
The First example three symbols on the second row
which have overlapping symbol text. This problem is easily solved
using a new technique which creates a comment symbol and vertical link
with easy mouse operations.
Here is the the result using the new technique.
How to vertically move symbol text:
1.
Click the Arrow tool in the ToolBox.
2.
On the schedule, click once on the symbol with the
text.
3.
Hold down the CTRL and the T keys.
4.
Click and drag to move the symbol and its text to
another task row. The first time this operation is initiated the
Symbol Text Move Settings box will appear.
5
If the Symbol Text Move
Settings box appears, choose a symbol. The best type to choose
is a null, or blank symbol.
6.
If the Symbol Text Move
Settings box appears, choose a symbol. The best type to choose
is a null, or blank symbol. Also, choose a vertical connection
type to use for the remote text.
Adjust the symbol date and/or text position
with the keyboard:
1.
Click the Arrow tool in the ToolBox.
2.
On the schedule, click once on the symbol with the
text or date to move.
3.
Hold down the ALT and CTRL keys to move the date,
or just ALT to move the text.
4.
Click the arrow keys to move the text around.
The text will move as you click the arrow keys.
