Notes

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Start > Explore > Properties > Notes

Design > Element > Properties > Notes

Context Menu

Right-click on model element | Properties | Notes

Keyboard Shortcuts

Ctrl+Shift+1

Create | Glossary Definition

Click on this option to create a Project Glossary definition, with the Glossary term taken from the selected 'Notes' text.

To create the Glossary entry:

1. If suitable Notes text is available, highlight the text to use as the Glossary definition and press Ctrl+C to copy it.
2. Highlight the text to use as the Glossary term, right-click on it and select the menu option; the 'Glossary Detail' dialog displays, with the selected text in the 'Term' field.
3. If you have copied some definition text, paste it into the 'Meaning' field; otherwise type a suitable definition of the term in this field.
4. In the 'Type' field, select the appropriate term type.
5. Click on the Apply button to save the new Glossary definition.

The term displays in the 'Notes' text as a Ctrl+click hyperlink, which displays the Glossary definition of the term in the 'Glossary Detail' dialog.

Once you have created a Glossary definition, here or elsewhere in the model, you can add the Glossary term anywhere in the text of the Notes window (or 'Notes' field of a dialog) where, again, it becomes a Ctrl+click hyperlink to the definition. Either:

• Simply type the term in the text, or
• If you are not certain of the term or have multiple definitions:

1. Move the cursor to the point in the text at which to insert the term.
2. Press Ctrl+Space; the Glossary Term Selection window displays.
3. Double-click on the term to insert it in the text.

Create | New Element from Selection

Click on this option to create a new element in the model, the name of which is taken from the selected Notes text.

1. Click on the option.
2. The 'New Element' dialog displays, with the 'Name' field pre-filled with the selected text.
3. Set the element type and other options as necessary, then click on the Create button. (You can also select an option on the dialog to add the element to the diagram.)
4. The system creates the element, adds it to the model (and diagram) and creates a hyperlink to it from the selected Notes text.

Create | Element on Diagram

Click on this option to create a new element in the model, and explicitly in the diagram also, with its name taken from the selected Notes text. This option does not make the selected text a hyperlink to the element.

1. Click on the option.
2. The 'Toolbox Shortcut' menu displays for the diagram type. If necessary, click on the 'Other' option and select from a different set of element types.
3. Click on the required element type and then click on the diagram. A new element is created at the cursor position, with the selected text as the element name.

Create | Link to Existing Element

Click on this option to create a hyperlink from the selected Notes text to an existing element in the model.

1. Click on the option.
2. The 'Select Classifier' dialog displays. Locate and select the required element, and click on the OK button.
3. The selected Notes text becomes a hyperlink to the element. The target element name and Notes text remain unchanged and do not necessarily mirror each other.

Search for <'selected'>

Click on this option to display a subset of the functions of the common Code Editor menu 'Search' option, to locate a text string outside the element.

In a 'Notes' field (not in the Notes window) you can perform a search of the text for a text string:

• Press Ctrl+F and specify the text string and the direction of search
• Press F3 to locate more instances of the word in a forward search, or Ctrl+F3 in a backwards search

Undo
Cut
Copy
Paste
Delete
Select All

These six options provide simple functions for editing the Notes text.

Switch text orientation

Hold Ctrl, press Shift

Description: On a line of text, right-justifies or left-justifies the paragraph in which that line occurs.

Use the keys on the left of the alphanumeric keyboard to left-justify the text; use the keys on the right of the keyboard to right-justify the text.

Insert Date and Time

F5

Description: Inserts the current date and time at the cursor position, in the format:

     DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM (or PM)

For example:

     22/12/2016 3:39:50 PM

Spell check Notes text

F7

Description: Performs a simple spell check on the Notes text.

Undo changes

Ctrl+Z

Description: Reverses the last change made to the Notes text.

Redo changes

Ctrl+Y or

Ctrl+Shift+Z

Description: Re-applies the last reversed change to the Notes text.

Copy

Ctrl+C

Description: Copies a highlighted Notes text string to the Enterprise Architect buffer.

Paste

Ctrl+V

Description: Pastes a copied or cut text string from the Enterprise Architect buffer into the Notes text.

Cut

Ctrl+X

Description: Removes a highlighted Notes text string and places it in the Enterprise Architect buffer.