The Easy Link Window

This main window of Easy Link shows when you click this icon visio_EasyLink_FileLink.PNG (213 bytes) on the Toolbar or Shortcut Menu:

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Saving Your Drawing

A special caution:  Save your Visio drawing(s) after you have worked with Easy Link.  Please click here for more information.

Links and Bookmarks List

The "Links and Bookmarks" list shows:

  1. All the Links belonging to the Current Item, for example a "Diamond" Shape in drawing file "C:\My Repository\Proposal.vsd" - as displayed on the window's title bar.

  2. All the Bookmarks belonging to the current Repository, for example "Jump back to top" that belongs to the current drawing and "Jump to drawing 'Products and Services'" that belongs to a different drawing - as illustrated on this window display.

Understanding the Scope Display

Easy Link uses a single character (such as "*") to show where an Item or file belongs to.  Please click here for more information.

Sorting the Display

You can click the header to sort the display by different criteria, such as Description.

Buttons and Menu

  • Add: To add a File Link or Bookmark.

  • Edit: To edit a Link or Bookmark.

  • Delete: To delete a Link or Bookmark.

  • Show: To show the Link or Bookmark.  Please click here for more information.

  • Goto: To go to the Item itself.  In other words, to use a Link as a Bookmark.  This is useful when you have clicked a Bookmark to go somewhere and now you want to go back to the current Item.

  • Save: To save the Data Fields' information.   Please click here for more information.

  • Remove: To remove the display on the File tab.

  • Close: To close this window

  • Help: To show this online help

The Action Menu

The Action menu gives you easy access to all the functions that the buttons offer.  You can click your right mouse button on a row to show the Action menu.

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The Data and File Tabs

  1. The visio_EasyLink_DataTab.PNG (293 bytes) tab is used for Data Fields.  Please click here for more information

  2. The visio_EasyLink_FileTab.PNG (282 bytes) tab is used to show a file on the Tab.   Please click here for more information

Checkboxes

  1. Show File Link on This Window: To show a linked file on the File tab instead of a separate window.  Please click here for more information.

  2. Hide Me to Show: To hide this window when showing a Link or Bookmark.

  3. Show Only: To hide the editing buttons.

Using a Different Repository

You can use a different Repository by double clicking the Repository display visio_EasyLink_CurrentRepository.PNG (512 bytes).  Please click here for more information about Repository.

Changing File Name and Location

Easy Link automatically handles the file name and location changes.   Please click here for more information.

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