Editing Your Map

This is a quick overview of editing the map. Also see Arranging the Map.

NOTE:
  • Right-click (Microsoft Windows) = Command-click (macOS)
  • Alt-click (Microsoft Windows) = Option-click (macOS)

To edit the map:

Do one of the following:

  • Press Tab on your keyboard.
  • Right-click in the map and select Edit Map.
  • Click the lock in the upper left-hand corner to unlock the map for editing.
  • With a map editable, drag items from another map's List View window to copy them to the new map.

To move an object on a map:

Select the object and drag it to the preferred location.

To change the shape or label characteristics of an object:

From the Format menu, select the node and the appropriate command.

To resize a wire-shaped network:

Click and drag the end points.

To select a node and its adjacent nodes:

Alt-click an object. Continuing to Alt-click continues to select adjacent items.

To select the devices at each end of a link:

Alt-click the link.

To re-center the map:

Ctrl-click the background of the map. The point you click is centered in the map window.

To scroll the contents of the map:

Do one of the following:

  • Ctrl-drag the background of the map. The window scrolls the map contents within the map window.
  • Press Alt+[arrow key] (or Option+[arrow key], macOS) scrolls the map in the direction of the arrow.

To zoom in or out:

Do one of the following:

  • Ctr+Alt+drag (Ctrl+Option+drag on macOS) to select an area of the map to zoom into.
  • Ctrl+scrollwheel (Cmd+scrollwheel on macOS) to zoom in or out.

Summary of Selection Tricks:

  • To select multiple items - Shift-click.
  • To select adjacent items - Alt-click. Alt-click again to select the items adjacent to those items.
  • To select all routers, networks or various other groups of items - From the Edit menu, select the appropriate command from the Select Other sub-menu.