Tips for Designing on the Process Editor Canvas

ActiveVOS Designer User’s Guide

Here are some tips for designing your process:

Double-click the Process Editor titlebar to enlarge the canvas to full view
Change the font size and color, borders, images and other properties for activities and links. See Setting Visual Properties and Using Your Own Library of Images.
Use the Auto Layout toolbar button to arrange process activities according to the settings in Layout Preferences. Use the Auto Layout option on the right mouse menu of any container or selection
Use Make Vertical and Make Horizontal to change the orientation of your process
When moving any activity or container, the object snaps to a grid. Use the Alt key + mouse button to move an object one pixel at a time.
Use Zoom In and Zoom Out on the Process menu to change magnification of the canvas
Select a Zoom percentage or Fit Page from the toolbar Zoom drop-down
Change the process Detail Level to show or hide activities
Expand or collapse containers to show or hide them. Drill down into a collapsed container to temporarily view its contents. See Showing and Hiding Activities.
Select two or more activities and link them using the Link toolbar button
Use the Thumbnail View to view different parts of your process if it is large and complex
Select two or more graphical elements and align them using the toolbar Align drop-down list
Anchor a drawing label to an activity by selecting both and then selecting Anchor Annotation from the right mouse menu