{"id":4670,"date":"2013-09-27T06:07:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T13:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/?p=4670"},"modified":"2020-04-24T03:47:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T10:47:14","slug":"how-to-customize-shapes-fonts-and-colors-of-a-flow-diagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/4670\/how-to-customize-shapes-fonts-and-colors-of-a-flow-diagram\/","title":{"rendered":"How to customize shapes, fonts and colors of a Flow Diagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\t<!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"LessonContent\">\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Overview<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>You can change the default colors and font properties of shapes used in <i>Flow, Activity <\/i>and<i> Swimlane<\/i> diagrams.<\/p>\n<p>This article describes the procedure to customize shape, font and color properties of a <i>Flow Diagram.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Who should read this?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<ul>\n<li>TopTeam Administrators<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 1. Open the Global Settings screen<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wpid33145-media_1379071920763.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"604\" alt=\"wpid33145-media_1379071920763.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>You can open <i>Global Settings <\/i>from:<br \/>\n1. <i>Flow Diagram Tools drop-down menu &gt; Customize System Wide Settings<\/i><br \/>\n2.<i> Administration &gt; Configure System Wide Settings &gt; Configure Global Settings<\/i><\/p>\n<p>You can edit the background color, border and text properties of a selected shape.<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s see how to edit properties for each.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">1. Customizing Background Color<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 1.1. Go to the Background tab<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wpid33146-media_1379072295113.png\" width=\"534\" height=\"430\" alt=\"wpid33146-media_1379072295113.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Background Color properties are applied<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wpid33147-media_1379072864925.png\" width=\"581\" height=\"476\" alt=\"wpid33147-media_1379072864925.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">2. Customizing Border Style<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 2.1. Go to the Border tab<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wpid33148-media_1379073218887.png\" width=\"534\" height=\"430\" alt=\"wpid33148-media_1379073218887.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">3. Customizing Text properties<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 3.1. Go to the Text tab<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wpid33149-media_1379073253295.png\" width=\"534\" height=\"430\" alt=\"wpid33149-media_1379073253295.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">All customized properties are applied to the shapes<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wpid33150-media_1379073297663.png\" width=\"594\" height=\"522\" alt=\"wpid33150-media_1379073297663.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Step 4. Refresh the Flow Diagram to view all the customized properties in the Flow Diagram<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin:10px 0px;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding:3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wpid33151-media_1379073961341.png\" width=\"722\" height=\"715\" alt=\"wpid33151-media_1379073961341.png\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">See Also<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/3175\/video-getting-started-with-use-case-activity-diagram\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video &ndash; Getting Started with Use Case Activity Diagram<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/3181\/video-getting-started-with-use-case-flow-diagram\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video &ndash; Getting Started with Use Case Flow Diagram<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/3177\/video-getting-started-with-use-case-swimlane-diagram-vertical\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video &ndash; Getting Started Use Case Swimlane Diagram Vertical<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/3169\/video-tutorial-getting-started-with-use-case-activity-diagram-simulation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video &ndash; Use Case Activity Diagram Walkthrough &amp; Simulation<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/3171\/video-use-case-flow-diagram-walkthrough-and-simulation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video &ndash; Use Case Flow Diagram Walkthrough &amp; Simulation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>Revised: April 24th, 2016<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- End ScreenSteps Content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview You can change the default colors and font properties of shapes used in Flow, Activity and Swimlane diagrams. This article describes the procedure to customize shape, font and color properties of a Flow Diagram. Who should read this? TopTeam Administrators Step 1. Open the Global Settings screen You can open Global Settings from: 1. Flow Diagram Tools drop-down menu &gt; Customize System Wide Settings 2. Administration &gt; Configure System Wide Settings &gt; Configure Global Settings You can edit the background color, border and text properties of a selected shape. Let&#8217;s see how to edit properties for each. 1. Customizing <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[211],"class_list":["post-4670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-use-case-modeling","tag-use-cases"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paoaNA-1dk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4670"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50155,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670\/revisions\/50155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}