User's Manual

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Building Streams
Figure 5-39
Listing comments for a stream
Text. The text o f the comm ent. Double-click the text to chang e the field t o an editable text box.
Links. The name of the node to which the comment is attached. If this field is empty, the comment
applies t o the stream.
Positioning buttons. These move a selected comment up or down in the list.
Comment Colors. To change the foreground or background color of a comm ent, select the comment,
select the Custom colors check box, then s elect a color from the Background or Foreground l is t ( or
both). Click Apply, then click the stream background, to see the effect of the change. Click OK
to save th e change.
Converting Annotations to Comments
Annotations made to streams or SuperNodes can be converted into comments.
In the case of streams, the annotation is conve r ted to a freestanding c omment (that is, it is not
attache d to any nodes) on the stream canvas.
When a Sup erNode annotatio n is converted to a comment, the comment i s not attached to the
SuperNode on the stre am canvas, but is visibl e when you zoom in to the Super Node.
To convert a stream annotation to a comment
E Click Stream Properties on the Tools menu. (Alternatively, you can right-click a stream in the
managers pan e and click Stream Properties.)