If a topic is selected and you right-click, you will see the Layout Subtopics option. If you click this, the following screen will appear:
Horizontal
The subtopics are aligned horizontally.
Vertical
The subtopics are aligned vertically. You can choose to have them aligned either:
· Right of the topic
o Below - This will produce a tree like structure of your topics.
o Center - This will produce a structure that will allow you to read your chart from left to right.
· Alternate - This will place the topics to the left and right of the parent topic.
Apply to all subtopics
If you choose this option, the same alignment settings apply to the hierarchical charts of all of the subtopics. Otherwise only the first level of topics will be affected by your selection.
See the examples below:
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Horizontal | Vertical, Right Below | Vertical, Right Center |
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Vertical, Alternate |
In all of the above examples, the Apply to all subtopics option was enabled.
NOTE: These layout options do not affect Staff Department shapes.
If Automatic Layout is chosen in Options, the layout is automatically applied after changing these settings. Otherwise, these settings are only applied when Automatic Layout has been chosen and you select Layout from the right-click menu (if no shape or relationship has been selected).
