Add affinities, siblings, and children
Depending on the diagram, a shape can represent an affinity, a cause, an idea, or an input. When you add a shape, you must determine how it relates to other shapes on the diagram.
- Select a shape on the diagram.
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Right-click and then add one of the following options.
- Affinity: Adds a shape to the main branch of the diagram. To quickly add a shape to the main branch, double-click anywhere on the diagram.
- Sibling: Adds a shape to the same level as the selected shape.
- Child: Adds a shape to the level below the selected shape. The selected shape becomes the parent of the new shape.
- To prioritize an affinity, a cause, an idea, or an input, select it, then choose .
Tip
- To quickly add affinities to a diagram, select a shape, then press the Insert key. To add siblings, press the Enter key.
- To add a symbol, such as the sigma or a registered trademark to a diagram, copy the symbol from the Windows Character Map, then paste it in the diagram.
Move affinities, siblings, and children
When you move affinities, siblings, and children to different shapes, the target shape becomes the parent.
- To move an affinity, sibling, or a child, select it, then drag it to a different shape. When you move a shape that has sublevels, the sublevels move with it.
- To move a shape to the other side of the diagram, choose .
Change the layout of the diagram
You can change the layout of a brainstorm diagram by changing its type. For example, you can change a fishbone diagram to a mind map, or you can change a mind map to a CT tree. When you change the layout of any brainstorm diagram, Workspace retains the relationships between the levels.
- Choose .
- From Type, choose a layout. Right Tree or Left Tree converts any layout to a right-facing or left-facing idea map.
Display levels vertically on a CT tree
On a CT tree only, you can choose the level at which shapes begin to display vertically.
- On a CT tree, choose .
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From
Outline Levels,
choose a level. In this CT tree example, the shapes start to display vertically
at the fourth level.
Move shapes on a mind map
Use Clockwise and Counter- clockwise buttons to improve the layout of a mind map.
- Choose to move the selected shape clockwise around the parent shape.
- Choose to move the selected shape counterclockwise around the parent shape.
