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To set the parameters of leader caption, the elements in the Additional parameters section are used. See the table for description of elements.

Controls of parameters of the leader caption


Item

Description


Arrow

The dropdown list allows to select the option of arrow at the end of leader. The selected variant applies to all the branches.

The list of arrow type is also available in the context menu of the end point of any branch of the leader.

The list of arrows available for selection, as well as the sequence of arrows in the list is determined by the filter settings made in the Leader Arrow Filter section in the dialog for setting up the current document.


Leader Landing

The group of buttons allows to set the leader landing direction:

 

Right,

Left.

You can also change the direction of the shelf by rotating the mouse wheel while holding down the <Ctrl> key. This switches between the different shelf placement options.


Direction

The group of buttons allows to select a placement of landings with the text relative to the point of landing start:

 

Up — the starting point of the landing coincides with the starting point of the lower landing,

Down — the starting point of the landing coincides with the starting point of the upper landing.

When switching between landing layout options, the order of the landings remains unchanged.


Vertical hatch

The group of buttons controls the presence of a vertical segment on the upper landing of a leader text:

 

Yes — the top shelf is displayed with an additional vertical segment,

No — the top shelf is displayed without an additional segment.



Landing length

The group of buttons allows to select a way of determination of the length of landings of Leader text:

 

Similar — all landings of the caption have the same length, equals to the length of the extended landing,

By text — landings may vary in length.

The length of a shelf is calculated based on the length of the text line on it and the indentation values.


The default type of form and alignment method for landings are set in the Leader Caption General Settings subsection, the distances from the text to the landing and the sizes of arrows are set in the Leader Caption Parameters subsection, and the appearance of arrows and obliques are set in the Leader Caption Arrows and Obliques subsection of the current document's settings dialog.

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