Tutorial 5 - Outline Numbering, text wrapping, branch notes and adornments

Outline Numbering

We want to make it clear what order the branches are to be read in, so we will add outline numbering to the first level branches.

1.Click on the map background to deselect the branches
2.In the Outline Numbering palette, turn on the Outline Numbering checkbox

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3.Make sure that the first option is selected for the order of the outline numbers (clockwise from 12 O'clock)
4.We said that we only want the outline numbers to go one level deep, so we need to change the setting. Click on the right arrow at the top right corner of the Outline Numbering palette to flip it and show the advanced options. Leave the "Child outline numbers top down" option on - it is very unlikely you will want to ever turn this option off, as it is mainly there for some specialized situations.

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5.Change the "Outline numbers to level" setting to 1 level. This will cut the outline numbering down to just show the numbers on the top level branches.
6.To make things interesting, we will change the outline numbers to use Roman numerals. Click on the Edit Format button to show the editing panel:

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7.Now click on the up and down arrow beside the top item to show the format selection menu:

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8.Select the lower case Roman numeral setting, then click OK to apply it to your map.
9.Now you are finished with the advanced settings for the outline numbering, click on the icon at the top right of the palette to flip the palette back to the standard settings.

 

Note that when you have a branch selected, you can also control outline numbering for the descendants of that branch - see the documentation for further information.

 

Text Wrapping

We can ask NovaMind to automatically wrap the text to a specific width for selected branches, using the branch advanced settings, or we can manually set the width of the branches. It is most common for us to want to manually set the width for a specific branch, so that is what we will do in the tutorial.

 

1.Click on the line below the text "Consider the effect on the individual, the group, and your objective" It should now be selected like this:

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2.Drag the handle on the right end of the branch to the left, and the text will wrap. Drag it until the text on the branch is two roughly equal length lines. If you did this in one movement, and you are in assisted or controlled layout mode, the branch spacing should be OK, but if you made it more than two lines and then reduced the number of lines later, or moved the branch at all, it may be that it is no longer equally spaced in relation to its sibling branches. We will show you how to correct this, but before we do, let's just drag the branch out of position so you can see what happens. Drag the branch down and to the right like this:

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3.Now select the parent branch ("Weigh and Decide"), and use the hotkey Command+"=" (hold down the Command key and press the Equals key) to arrange the branches evenly. Note that the spacing of the branches is set in the map layout advanced settings.

 

Branch notes

You can have as much text attached to a branch as you like. This text is entered in the Branch Notes window, and when there is text in the notes for a branch, an indicator is shown on the branch.

 

1.Select the "Check practices and policies" branch, and click on the NotesToobarIcon notes toolbar icon.
2.Type some text in the notes text window, and you will see that a BlueText icon appears on the branch.
3.Close the notes window.
4.Click on the BlueText icon on the "Check practices and policies" branch, and the notes window will be shown again.

 

Adornments

Adornments are small images used to give extra meaning to the branches.

 

1.Show the adornments panel by selecting the Window menu and selecting Adornments (or using Command+Shift+A).
2.The adornments panel of the Media Browser will be shown. At the bottom of the panel is a search field. Type in Clock, and you will see some clock adornments.
3.Drag the alarm clock on to the "How soon will you follow up?" branch.
4.Search for the Calendar adornment and drag it on to the "How often will you need to follow up?" branch.
5.Close the media browser.

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