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Dependencies 5-5
Add a vertical link using the toolbar
Use this method if you would prefer to use the toolbar rather than the plus tool to create a single vertical link. This
method is best when you want no more than one link extending from each symbol.
1. In the toolbox, click once on
and once on the parent symbol of the vertical link you wish to add. This will
display the Selection menu for that symbol.
2. Go to Selection | Vertical Links | Create New Vertical Link.
3. Press the Set button on the From Symbol line. The boxes on this line should
turn from red to green.
4. In the toolbox, click once on and once on the dependent symbol of the
vertical link you wish to add. This will display the Selection menu for that
symbol.
5. Go to Selection | Vertical Links | Create New Vertical Link.
6. Press the Set button on the To Symbol line. The boxes on this line should turn from red to green.
7. Press .
Add vertical links between symbols on multiple task rows
This method is best when each of your task rows contains one start symbol and/or one end symbol.
1. In the toolbox, click once on and once on the vertical link you wish to add.
2. Hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard, and then click on each of the task rows whose symbols will be
vertically linked (click in the column area of the task row).
The chosen task rows (here, lines 1, 2, 4, and
6) will highlight in black, as shown to the right:
Hold the Shift key if you need to select a range
of task rows.
3. Choose Insert | Vertical Links | Vertical Links between selected task rows.
• Choose to make Upward or Downward links between symbols.
• Choose the type of link: Finish-to-Start, Start-to-Start, Start-to-Finish, Finish-to-Finish.