AutoAdjustSize – Automatic Box Sizing

AutoAdjustSize is a powerful new feature that helps you – automatically – create a chart with boxes of uniform size. In previous versions of OrgChart you would have boxes of different size based upon the amount of text you placed in them. If you wanted to make boxes the same size you would adjust them individually or use the Paint Formatter function.

AutoAdjustSize: Example

When first creating the chart all boxes automatically become same size.

The AutoAdjustSize feature makes it easy to build a chart with boxes of uniform size.

AutoAdjustSize: How it works

As you build a chart, a box’s size is determined by the amount of data that is entered. In addition, as you add more boxes, their sizes will all automatically adjust to the size of the largest one. This makes creation of a chart with uniform box size easy.

For example, here is the first box in the chart:

Next, we add another person (reporting to James) with a larger name. Notice how James’ box expands to match the size of the new one:

As we add new boxes to a new level they are un-sized until filled.

OrgChart’s AutoAdjustSize will work to optimize the size of boxes at each level. That is why we now see the third level of boxes sizing the same as Stuart’s box.

AutoAdjustSize: Optimization

Next, let’s give someone a very long name, and watch the sizing that takes place.

Instead, here is what I would have expected… (levels 1 and 2 unchanged, but level 3 maintaining new common size.)

Boxes all expand or contract to match the size of the largest box. You still have the ability to manually control the size of the box, but with AutoAdjustSize the chart automatically adjusts to give you a balanced result.

AutoAdjustSize: Rules

1. AutoAdjustSize is turned on by default. You can turn it off for a single box or group of boxes. Look under the local menu under View.
2. Using AutoAdjustSize, a box size is determined by the length of the longest data field.
3. The longest (widest) box determines the size of the others, provided they have AutoAdjustSize turned on. Boxes with AutoAdjustSize turned off will be skipped in the adjustment calculation.
4. Box size may be smaller if Word– Wrap is turned on. To see if Word– Wrap is on, look at the local menu under View. Remember that word wrap works based upon spaces in a character string.
5. Paint Formatter has options that can be viewed under special mode. If you are using Paint Formatter the default is AutoAdjustSize – but you may change it to manual.