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Tips for Designing on the Process Editor Canvas

Use the Process Editor canvas to create a graphical representation of a BPEL process.

Here are some tips for designing your process:

Double-click the Process Editor title bar to enlarge the canvas to full view.

Change the font size and color, borders, images and other properties for activities and links. See Setting Visual Properties and Using Your Own Library of Images.

Use the Auto Layout
toolbar button to arrange process activities according to the settings in Layout Preferences. Use the Auto Layout
option on the right mouse menu of any container or selection.

Use Make Vertical and Make Horizontal to change the orientation of your process.

When moving any activity or container, the object snaps to a grid. Use the Alt + mouse button to move an object one pixel at a time.

Use Zoom In
and Zoom Out
on the Process menu to change magnification of the canvas.

Select a Zoom
percentage or Fit Page
from the toolbar Zoom drop-down.

Use Expand or collapse
containers to show or hide them. Drill down into a collapsed container to temporarily view its contents. See Showing and Hiding Activities.

Select two or more activities and link them using the Link
toolbar button.

Use the Thumbnail View to view different parts of your process if it is large and complex.

Select two or more graphical elements and align them using the toolbar Align list.

Anchor a drawing label to an activity by selecting both and then selecting Anchor Annotation
from the right mouse menu.

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