Modify layout

[rennebo]

I have a challenge...  

I need to generate an activity chart where the background becomes white, and I use dotted lines around some of the activities.

Thanks

[«Midnight»]

If this is simply cosmetic try these:

To change diagram background color, open the Tools | Options | Standard Colors dialog and set the Paper color to white. [Note that this will affect all diagrams, including ones you've already created. I do not know if there is a per-diagram option that's easy to find.]

Depending on what you mean by "dotted lines around" activities...

If you mean the border of the activity elements themselves you are probably out of luck. You could always use a shape script though.

If you mean you need to draw a dotted box around one or more activities - to call them out somehow - you could use a boundary element. There is a New Boundary button on the default toolbar (not the element toolbox) that will do this for you. Once you've created the boundary select it (make sure you seen the 'handles') and right-click it. Then select Properties from the context menu. You can set the border style using the resulting dialog.

HTH, David

[rennebo]

Hi Midnight

Thank you very much for your help... I investigated some more with regards to dotted lines on embedded objects and it turns out that the "work around" which has been used previously is to use Visio  

= Problem solved