The following actions are available as rightclick options on the active NE or any NE in any association area or history. For any of these actions, rightclick on the desired NE and select the appropriate action. For some of the more common actions, there are speed buttons on the bench hint box. There is a different set of NE actions in cabinets and a different set of NE actions in the Maps room. There is also a distinct set of NE actions from the bench. The example shows the rightclick options for an NE in affinity.
Some of the more common actions can be done using speed buttons. Simply click the desired NE and then click the speed button on the hint screen attached to the bench just to the left of the cabinet roof. Where there is a speed button, this is indicated by the two images listed with the specific actions below. The first image indicates the default state of the button. The second image indicates the mouseover state, when the button can be clicked to accomplish the action.
These are the rightclick options for NEs:
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Activate NE (* not available on active NE) - activates the selected NE.
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Rename- allows you to change the name of the selected NE on the fly. The new NE name will be updated automatically everywhere the NE is referenced.
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Create and Open an NE in Cabinet...- create an NE in both the selected association area of the active NE and the selected association area, and activate that NE in the current room.
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Add an NE (* available only in association areas)- creates a new NE in the selected NE area of the active NE.
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Place on the Bench- Puts the NE on the bench, making it accessible in any room and also quickly accessible regardless of which NE is active in the room.
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Deactivate NE(* available only on the active NE)- deactivates NE and returns it to the cabinet
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Do Not Publish/Publish(* available only in association areas) - unpublishes the selected NE (if published) or publishes the selected NE (if unpublished).
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Delete Reference(* not available on active NE)- removes reference from the active NE to the selected NE. The NE to which reference is deleted is not itself deleted. Rather, the connection between the two NEs is severed.
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Unlink from all NEs in model: [name of model](* available on on active NE) - unlinks the active NE from all NEs in the model, but keeps the active NE in the model as a singleton.
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Unlink from active NE only (* not available on active NE) - unlinks the NE from the active NE.
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Add to Cabinet NE... - adds the NE to any cabinet (note: you can only add an NE to an NE that is currently open in a panel in the cabinet.
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Show Parent Map- displays a map of the route from the NE to the cabinet in which it resides, including each NE that stands between the mapped NE and it cabinet. Any NE on the map can be activated from the map.
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Show Tree - shows all cabinet relations for the NE, if it is in a cabinet (if it is not in a cabinet then Show Tree functionality is disabled). Entire cabinet tree structure is displayed with the selected NE highlighted.
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Move to Object Model -->- changes the mode in which information relations are presented, between repository relations (displayed when no object model is selected) and one of the various model relations available.
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Create Web Address as a Tile(* available when Internet is active)- Creates a link to the selected web page and affiliates that page as a tile with the selected NE.
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Copy/Paste -->- allows you to copy some or all of a current NE and paste them to a new NE. This option allows you to use one NE as a template for others.
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Import -->- importing brings objects into the DNE as tiles or as NEs. (1) Files, (2) tiles, (3) NEs and maps can be imported into the DNE. (1) If you create tiles when the DNE is closed, these tiles are held temporarily in your drag-in folder. Until they have been affiliated with an NE they cannot be used in the DNE. These tiles can be attached to any NE at a rightclick. Once they have been affiliated with an NE, they are removed from the drag-in folder. (2) A tile that has been exported from a DNE, yours or someone else's, can be imported into your DNE. Unlike a file, which is imported into a DNE for the first time, an imported tile comes with its fields. (3) An NE can be exported and imported either as an NE (in which case it comes with all its tiles and all related fields but without its contributions or affinities) or as a map (in which case it comes with all contributions and affinities, direct and indirect, as well).
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Export -->- export an NE or complete NE and knowledge map to store the information outside the DNE. This allows you (1) to back up particular collections of information and (2) to bundle particular collections of information to be sent to a different DNE. Exporting an object from the DNE preserves it in a DNE-ready form, so that it can be imported into a DNE and worked with immediately.
