Combining Offpage Connectors

[George]

I have a flow chart with 4 pages.
On page one there are three decision blocks. Each of the yes legs goes to
linked offpage connectors which go to different pages, pages 2,3 and 4.
I would like an offpage connector on each of pages 2,3 and 4 to link back to
the same onpage connector on page one, to create a multi-path loop.

Thanks,
George

 

[John Goldsmith]

Hello George,

I'm afraid there's no automatic method. However Off page Connectors are
based on a series of unique shape IDs that you can subsequently change
behind the scenes. So:

1) Select the main shape you want the other to return to and select Show
ShapeSheet from the 'Window' menu.

2) Under the User section (second one down) copy the long number in the
User.OPCShapeID cell to the clipboard.

3) Close the ShapeSheet and then select the Off Page Reference shape that
you want to reset and click Window/Show ShapeSheet again.

4) Select the User.OPCDShapeID cell and click Edit/Paste.

5) Close the ShapeSheet.

6) Repeat steps 3-5 for each shape you want to refer back to the original
shape.

Basically, the three User.OPC... cells represent the shape IDs (UniqueID) as
follows:

User.OPCShapeID - The ID of 'this' shape
User.OPCDPageID - The ID of the target shape's page
User.OPCDShapeID - The ID of the target shape

Hope that helps.

Best regards

John


John Goldsmith
www.visualSignals.co.uk

 

[Vanessa]

One work around it, is to hide your extra off page shapes behind the one
off-page reference shape you want to keep, by using Shape/Order/Send to Back.
So it does not link back to the same off page shape, but at least it links to
the same location and you only see one instance of the off-page shape.