Managing and applying styles

You can format shapes and connectors in BP-VA by changing their attributes, such as line style, weight, color and transparency. Moreover, you can apply your preferred styles or remove them after creating. Since adding and applying styles of shapes and connectors is as simple as clicking few clicks, the newly created format settings will be applied on the selected shapes/ connectors easily and instantly.

Adding style

To open the Style dialog box, Select View > Styles... from the main menu.

In the Style dialog box, click Add... to create and edit a new style.

Style dialog box
Style dialog box

In the Edit Style dialog box, you can change the name, foreground line style, font style, background style and arrow style. Click OK button after you finish editing the setting.

Edit Style dialog box
Edit Style dialog box

As a result, the style is created.

Newly created style
Newly created style

Applying style

Upon keeping the Style dialog box open, select a target shape on the diagram and click Apply in the Style dialog box.

Apply style to selected shape
Apply style to selected shape

As a result, the shape is changed into the newly created style.

 
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