Connector Style

This controls the appearance of a component’s connector and of Dynamic Connec­tors. From here you can control: Line Style, Line Width, Join Style, Fill Style, and how a connector starts and ends (i.e. with an arrow, plain, etc.).

When selecting a chart box, access the connector style on the home page.

Important: You cannot directly select the connector between two components (if you wish to edit it). Instead, you must select one of the components and then bring up the Connector Style menu. An on screen component must be selected or the Connector Style menu will be inactive (grayed out).

Connector Style: Accessing the style menu

The Connector Style menu can be accessed in two ways:

• Go to Home tab, Connector Style.
• Right-click an on screen component to launch a pop–up menu. When the menu appears, go to Format and choose from the expanded list of menus.

Connector Style: Menu options

The following options are available for connector style manipulation:

1. Line Style – a list of solid and dotted line styles.
2. Fill Style – this launches the Line Fill Style palette (a four– tabbed menu which is essentially identical to the Fill Style menu. For more details, see Fill Style).
3. Start with – a drop down menu of styles to start the connector with. This list includes various arrows, bulges and curved edges.
4. End with – a drop down menu of styles to end the connector with. This list includes various arrows, bulges and curved edges.
5. Line Width – this determines how thick a line is. Sizes can be chosen from the list or typed in manually.
6. Join Style – this drop down menu provides a choice of three different corner styles.
7. Transparency – this button toggles the line between complete opacity (0, 0) to complete transparency (255, 255).
8. Preview – this preview windowallows you to see your choice before commit­ting it to the on– screen component.
9. Help – this launches OrgChart Help.

To complete the process, you must select one of the following options:

1. OK – applies and saves your choices then closes the panel.
2. Cancel – closes the panel without saving the changes.