Chapter 6 Managing Models

Selecting object symbols

The Show Symbols dialog box displays all objects belonging to the current package. However you can select objects from other packages to display them in the current diagram using the Add Objects tool.

Object symbols are organized in different tabs, each corresponding to an object type. Only relevant tabs are displayed. For example, if you convert to package a diagram that only contains tables and references, only the Table tab will be available, as references are contained in table definitions. Shortcut symbols, extended dependencies symbols and free symbols appear in their own tab if any.

You can select or deselect symbols using the following tools in the Show Symbols dialog box:

Tool	Description
	Selects all check boxes in the current object type sub-tab or selects all check boxes in all object type sub-tabs when you click the Down Arrowhead and select All Sub-tabs
	Deselects all check boxes in the current object type sub-tab or deselects all check boxes in all object type sub-tabs when you click the Down Arrowhead and select All Sub-tabs
	Moves all selected object to the top of the list
	Moves all selected object to the bottom of the list
Ctrl + selection tool	Selects all items in all object type sub-tabs

To select symbols in the Show Symbols dialog box:

1. Right-click the diagram background and select Diagram→Show Symbols from the diagram contextual menu.
   
   or
   
   Select Symbol→Show Symbols.
2. Click an object type tab.
   
   The corresponding page is displayed.
   
3. Use the selection tools to select objects in the list.
   
   or
   
   Select individual check boxes for objects.
   
   
      Navigating among object type pages
   Press ctrl + page up or ctrl + page down to navigate among the different object type pages.
   
   
4. Click OK.

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