Sequence Diagram Editor Help - Diagram Properties

Diagram Properties

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Diagram properties such as title, description, author, keywords, note display level, page settings, and scale can be viewed and modified through the diagram properties dialog box. To display the dialog box invoke the Diagram Properties command through the main menu (Diagram | Diagram Properties), standard toolbar, or diagram context menu.

General Tab

Title	Title of the diagram
Show Title	Check to show the title in the diagram display (and in printed/exported diagrams by default)
Description	Description of the diagram
Show Description	Check to show the description in the diagram display (and in printed/exported diagrams by default)
Show Element Documentation	Can override per element documentation display options. One of: always, per element, or never. Default is per element. (See Note Display Levels)
Author	Diagram author(s)
Version	The version of the diagram (any text can be entered here)
Keywords	Keywords for the diagram (fully searchable)
Flow Note Level	Level of flow notes to display in the diagram in increasing order of detail: None, Summary, Information, Detailed. Default is to show all notes. (See Note Display Levels)
Free Note Level	Level of free notes to display in the diagram in increasing order of detail: None, Summary, Information, Detailed. Default is to show all free notes. (See Note Display Levels)
Default Font	Default font for the diagram
Size	Size of the default font for the diagram
Show Guidelines	Indicates if guidelines (dotted lines) should be shown or hidden
Show Line Numbers	Indicates if line numbers should be shown or hidden

Scale Tab

Page Size	Current size of the diagram page
Landscape	Check to use landscape orientation, uncheck to use portrait orientation
Page Setup...	Click to change the page setup of the current diagram
Width	Scale factor for the diagram width
Height	Scale factor for the diagram height
Lifeline Width	Use to increase the default width of lifelines for this diagram
Lock Aspect Ratio	Check to lock aspect ratio when changing width or height
Reset	Reset the scale to normal

Footer Tab

The footer tab allows you to specify the footer information for the diagram, which is used during normal printing. Footer information is not used in exported diagrams.

Override Default Footer
If checked, the footer settings in this diagram override the global footer settings. Otherwise, the global footer settings are applied to this diagram.

Left
The left footer for the diagram

Center
The center footer for the diagram

Right
The right footer for the diagram

See Diagram Footer topic for a further explanation of the different fields.