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Setting page breaks, modifying label settings, and printing the diagram

In this exercise, you modify the diagram to set page breaks to prepare to print the diagram. You also modify the display characteristics of the diagram so that the diagram shows the labels that are assigned to data objects. Finally, you print the diagram.

Printing diagrams is one way to share diagram or model information with other team members. Another way to share information is by publishing a model to the Web, which you will do in a later exercise.

To set page breaks, modify label settings, and print the diagram:

  1. Right-click in a blank area of the diagram and select View > Page Breaks.

    A blue line is displayed on the diagram and the Outline view. The blue line indicates where a page break occurs. If necessary, you can modify the layout of diagram objects so that objects are not split between pages. Page breaks are calculated based on the default printer that is installed on your computer.

    Tip: As you add additional objects to a diagram you can click View > Recalculate Page Breaks to reset the page breaks based on the size and location of the new objects.

    Now you add a label to the Invoice entity, and set the diagram properties so that labels are displayed.

  2. Select the Invoice entity in the diagram or in the Data Project Explorer, and type Customer Invoice in the Label field in the Properties view.

    Screen capture showing the Properties view, as described.

    Now you modify the diagram properties so that the new label is displayed.

  3. Click in a blank area of the diagram.
  4. On the Filters page in the Properties view, select Show Label under Entity options.

    In the diagram, the Invoice object is now displaying the Customer Invoice label that you typed.

  5. Save the Invoice.ldm file.

    Now, you can print the diagram.

  6. Click File > Print from the main menu. In the window that opens, you can specify whether to print the current diagram, all diagrams, or selected diagrams.
  7. Select Current diagram, specify other print options as needed, and click OK.
The diagram is printed, so that you can share the information with other team members that might not have the workbench installed.
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