Business Process Modeling Formatting

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This is where you can set global preferences for Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) elements. You can set Font and Color Options, Horizontal Alignment, Vertical Alignment, Rendering, Display Options, and Line Display Options. The availability of the formatting elements depends on the element you select.

Font and Color Options

You can change the font style, font size, and font colors. You can also change the fill and line colors of a selected element in the Font and Color portion of the Formatting dialog.

Command	Icon	Description
Front Style		Select a new font style from the drop-down list.
Front Size		Select a new font size from the drop-down list.
Bold	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Applies bold formatting to the label text.
Italics	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Italicizes the label text.
Underline	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Underlines the label text.
Strikeout	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	A line is drawn through the label text.

You can also change the font color, element outline color, and element fill color.

Command	Icon	Description
Change Font Color	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Opens the Color dialog. You can select an existing color or create a custom color for the color of the label font.
Change Line Color	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Opens the Color dialog. You can select an existing color or create a custom color for the border of the element.
Change Fill Color	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Opens the Color dialog. You can select an existing color or create a custom color for the background of the element.

Horizontal Alignment

You can change the justification setting for the text label in an element.

Command	Icon	Description
Left Justify Text	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Justifies the text on the left side of the text box.
Center Text	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Centers the text within the text box.
Right Justify Text	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Justifies the text on the right side of the text box.

Vertical Alignment

You can change the top to bottom alignment settings for the text label in an element.

Command	Icon	Description
Top	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Places the text in the top portion of the element.
Center	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Centers the text within the element.
Bottom	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	Places the text in the bottom portion of the element.

Rendering

There are two commands available that affect the appearance of elements in the Diagram View:

Command	Description
Gradient	When this option is selected, the element has a gradient shading. If it is not selected, the element is a solid color. The Gradient option is the default setting. Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination
Shadowed	When this option is selected, the element has a slight shadowed background. The Shadowed option is the default setting.

Display Options

The Show Name on Creation option displays an element’s name when that element is placed on a diagram.

Note: This only applies to newly created elements on a diagram. Existing elements are not updated when you click the Apply to Diagram button.

Line Display Options

You can set the line display preferences for the Sequence Flow, Message Flow, and Association objects. Not all preferences are available for all objects.

Command	Description
Line Width	This preference sets the width of an interaction or relationship in a diagram. Select 1 through 5 pixels from the drop-down list box. This preference is available for the Sequence Flow, Message Flow, and Association.
Line Style	Choose a line style from the drop-down list. You can select from one of five different styles from the drop down list. The list includes solid, dash, dot, dash-dot, and dash-dot-dot.
Source Decorator Size	You can set the size of the target decorator. This option is available for the Message Flow element.
Target Decorator Size	You can set the size of the target decorator. This option is available for the Sequence Flow, and Message Flow elements.