Use Priority view

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Priority view lets you quickly assign priorities to topics and tasks in your diagrams. You can also use Priority view to review previously assigned priorities.

You can customize many elements of Priority view. You have the option of displaying topic formatting, such as shape or font. You can also choose how to sort topics choose whether to show or hide subtopics. If there are no unprioritized tasks, you can hide the Uncategorized column.

 

Switch to Priority view

To return to Map view, click Map View on the Priority view tab.

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Assign an unprioritized task a priority

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Reprioritize a task

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Navigate in Priority view

You can also navigate through Priority view efficiently using the keyboard:

Keystroke

Action

Arrow keys

Select the topic above or below or to the left or right of the current topic.
(For left and right arrows, the selection begins at the top main topic after you pass through the central topic to the other side of the map.)

TAB, SHIFT+TAB

Move to the next or previous topic, callout or subtopic. Use this method to visit each topic on the map in order of priority. Floating topics and callouts attached to relationship lines are skipped.

BACKSPACE, SHIFT+BACKSPACE

Move back or forward through the history of topics you have selected.

For more information see Keyboard shortcuts.

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Orient Priority view

There are several ways to orient Priority view.

Set the zoom factor for Priority view

Do one of the following:

On the Status Bar drag the Zoom Factor slider to the desired magnification level, or click Fit Map to fit the whole map into the window.

Or

On the View tab, in the Zoom pull down, click the Zoom In /  Zoom Out buttons, or click Fit Map.

On the View tab, in the Zoom pull down, click a value in the Zoom Factor box, or enter a value and press ENTER.

For wheel-mouse users hold the CTRL key and use the wheel to zoom in and out.

  • Press CTRL+F5 to fit the whole map into the window.

  • press CTRL+0 (zero) for 100% zoom

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Customize Priority view

Hide topic formatting

Hide the Uncategorized column

  1. On the Priority View tab, click More Options.

  2. Uncheck the "Show Unprioritized" box.

Show subtopics

  1. On the Priority View tab, click More Options.

  2. Check the Show Subtopics Icon box.

Hide a column

Set the legend location

Read Hint

Set how topics are sorted

  1. On the Priority View tab, click More Options.

  2. Click the Sort Topics drop-down, and choose one of the following:

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