IntroductiontoPowerWorld Simulator:

InterfaceandCommonTools

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Editor

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 Background

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 PowerWorldSimulator
Userfriendlyandhighlyinteractivepower
systemanalysisandvisualizationplatform.
Integratesmanycommonlyperformedpower
systemtasks
ContingencyAnalysis,TimeStepSimulation,OPF,
ATC,PVQV,FaultAnalysis,SCOPF,Sensitivity
Analysis,LossAnalysis,TransientStability,GIC
DesignedtooperateonMicrosoftWindows
XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8platforms
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 PowerWorldSimulatorHistory
Version1.0createdinMay1994atthe
UniversityofIllinoisUrbanaChampaignby
ProfessorThomasOverbye(Ph.D.)

Impetusforearlyversionswastoteachpower
systemoperationtonontechnicalaudiences.

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 PowerWorldSimulatorHistory
PowerWorld Corporationwasformedin1996
withthegoaloffurtherdevelopingand
commercializingtheSimulatortool.
Simulatorversion18:
Virtuallyunrecognizablefromtheearlyversionsof
thesoftware.
Hasevolvedintoapowerfulpowersystemanalysis
andvisualizationenvironmentcapableofsolving
verylargesystems.

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 TrainingGoals
Provideabetterunderstandingofhowtouse
PowerWorldSimulatorforpowersystem
analysisandvisualization.
Providetechniquesforbuildinggoodpower
systemmodelsandshowhowthesetechniques
canbeusedtoanalyzesystemissues.

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 TrainingGoals
PrimaryGoal:Makeyouawareofthe
capabilitiesofSimulator
Wearefrequentlyaskedtoaddfeaturesto
Simulatorthatarealreadyavailable.
Wewantyoutomakethemostofoursoftware.

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 ThePowerWorld Simulator
CaseEditor

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 Overview
Simulatorseamlesslyintegratestwofunctions
oncecommonlyseparatedinpowerflow
software:
Graphicalpowersystemcaseeditor
PowerFlowpackagewithmanyrelatedanalysis
tools:
ContingencyAnalysis,TimeStepSimulation,Sensitivity
Analysis,LossAnalysis,FaultAnalysis,OPF,PVQV,ATC,
SCOPF
Also,TransientStabilityandDistributedComputing
haverecentlybecomeavailable
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 StartingSimulator
Onstartup,click
File ontheribbon
toaccesstheFile
Menu

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 RibbonInterface
MenusareintegratedintheRibboninterface

File Menu Application Title Help Button

Quick Access Toolbar Bar

Ribbon Tabs
Ribbon Groups

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 RibbonInterface
SelectingamenuitemfromtheRibbonreveals
asetoftaskspecificbuttons
PreviousSlideshowstheCaseInformationribbon
tab
ChangetotheToolsribbontab

Interfaceissimplifiedbypresentingonlythe
buttonsrelevanttotheselectedmenuitem.

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 RibbonInterface:
QuickAccessToolbar
Frequentlyusedbuttonsmaybeaddedtothe
QuickAccessToolbar,whichisalwaysvisible
Rightclickonbuttontoadd,thenselectAddto
QuickAccessToolbar
QuickAccessToolbar

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 ModesofOperation
Thegraphicalpowersystemcaseeditorand
thepowerflowpackageareimplementedin
Simulatorstwodistinctmodes:
EditMode
RunMode

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 EditMode
Tasks
Createnewpowerflowcases
Modifyexistingcases

Abilities
Casescanbemodifiedeithergraphicallyorviatext
displays

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 RunMode
Standalonepowerflow
Powerflowanalysistoolsandsensitivities
ContingencyAnalysis
TimeStepSimulation
OptimalPowerFlow(OPF)
PVandQVCurveTools(PVQV)
AvailableTransferCapability(ATC)
SecurityConstrainedOPF(SCOPF)
SensitivityAnalysis
LossAnalysis
FaultAnalysis
TransientStability
Geomagnetically InducedCurrent(GIC)
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 EditMode
Usedtocreateanewcaseormodifyanexisting
case.
UsetheRibbonbuttonstoswitchbetween
modes.
YoucanswitchtoEditModeatjustaboutany
timeduringasimulation.
ThetoolsandtechniquesofEditModewillbe
introducedbycreatinganewpowerflowcase
andbymodifyinganexistingcase.
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 CreatingaNewCase
ClicktheFileMenu,thenselectNewCase.
ModeisautomaticallyswitchedtoEdit.
Promptedtosaveanyexistingcase.
Displaythenturnstodefaultoneline
backgroundcolor.
Casemaybebuiltbygraphicallyplacingobjects
ontheoneline.

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 Enteringabus
Clickanywhereontheoneline andselectthe
Drawribbontab.
Inordertoinsertabus,selectNetwork Bus
Selectpointonscreen.
BusOptions dialogisdisplayed
setbusnumberto1
setbusnametoONE
checkSystemSlackBus field
selectOK

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 BusOptionsDialog
Eachelectricalislandneedsaslackbusfor
powerbalance(pickupslack)

SelectOK to Usedtocustomize
savechangesAND oneline
closethedialog appearance Usedtocancelbus
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 EnteringaGenerator
SelectNetwork Generator fromtheDraw
ribbontab.
Clickondesiredbus.
GeneratorOptions dialogisdisplayed
Enter0 intheMWOutput fieldoftheMWand
VoltageControltab
MakesureAnchored boxischecked
ClickOKtoacceptdefaultvaluesofremainingfields

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 GeneratorDialog
Terminal Status
busnumber
andname.
Cost
models
Usedto
customize
display
appearance

Voltage/reactive Rotor
powercontrol shape
fields

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 OnelineDiagram

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 SavingtheCase
Tosavetheworkdonesofar,selectSaveCase,
fromtheFileMenu.
Beforecaseissaved,validationisruntomake
suretherearenoerrors.
ValidationresultsaredisplayedinMessageLog
display.Toviewthemessagelog,clickonLog
buttonintheToolsribbontab

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 DefaultSaveCaseFormats
Thepowerflowcaseitselfissavedusingthe
PowerWorldBinaryformat(*.pwb).
TheonelineissavedusingthePowerWorld
Displayformat(*.pwd).
Savingtheonelineinformationinaseparate
fileallowsusing:
Multipleonelineswiththesamecase
Asingleonelinewithdifferentcases

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 EnteringaSecondBus
AgainselecttheDrawribbontab,Network Bus
ClicktotherightofthebusONE
SetbusnametoTWO
Tomodelaload,selectAttachedDevicestab,click
AddorEditBusLoad,setConstantPowerMW to200
andConstantPowerMvar to100.
SelectNetwork Loadtoenteraloadsymbol
SetOrientation toup
EnsureAnchored boxischecked

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 MovingOnelineObjects
Torepositionbus1,leftclickonthebus.Then,
whileholdingdowntheleftmousebutton,
dragthebustothedesiredlocation.
Notethatallattached(andanchored)objectsmove
withthebus.
Individualobjectssuchasgeneratorsandloadscan
berepositionedsimilarly.
Torepositiontheentireoneline,clickonthe
diagram(notonaspecificobject)anddrag.

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 MovingOnelineObjects
Keyboardshortcuts
Leftclickonandselectobject(s)tomove
Shiftarrowkeys(up,down,left,right)moveinsmallsteps
ShiftPageUpmovesobject(s)upinlargersteps
ShiftPageDownmovesobject(s)downinlargersteps
ShiftHomemovesobject(s)leftinlargersteps
ShiftEndmovesobject(s)rightinlargersteps

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 PanningKeyboardShortcuts
PanUp
UpArrowkey
PageUpkeypansquickly
PanDown
DownArrowkey
PageDownkeypansquickly
PanLeft
LeftArrowkey
Homekeypansquickly
PanRight
RightArrowkey
Endkeypansquickly

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 Zooming
Zoom ribbongroupundertheOnelines ribbontab
Zoominandoutbuttons
Rectangularzoomselector
Zoompercentage
Mousewheelzooming
EnableMouseWheelZoomingoptiononSimulatorOptionsdialog,Oneline
page
ZoomIn
CtrlUpArrowkey
CtrlPageUpkeyzoomsinquickly
CtrlAltanduseleftmousebuttontoselectregiononwhichtozoomin
ZoomOut
CtrlDownArrowkey
CtrlPageDownkeyzoomsoutquickly
CtrlAltanduserightmousebuttontoselectregiononwhichtozoomout

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 UndoOnelineActions
Accidentaleditsononelinediagramcanbeundone
FoundonDraw ribbontab
DoesnotworkwithCaseInformationDisplays
Doesnotaffectchangestopowerflowcase

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 UndoOnelineActions
Onelineactionsarestoredinsystemmemory
Memorylimitforundoactioncanbeadjustedinthe
Options ribbontab SimulatorOptions
Environment page

Memorylimit

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 DrawingGrid
Aninvisibledrawinggridhelpsalignoneline
objects.Bydefault,allobjectssnaptothisgrid.
HolddonetheALTkeywhilemovinganobject
totemporarilydisablesnaptogrid.
Toenable/disablethegrid:
SelecttheOptions ribbontab OnelineDisplay
Options
SeeSnapOptionstoGrid fieldonthe
Grid/HighlightUnlinkedpage.

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 EnteringaTransmissionLine
Transmissionlinesaredrawnasaseriesofline
segments
Toenteratransmissionlinebetweenbuses1and2
SelecttheDraw ribbontab,Network TransmissionLine.
Clickonbus1.Thisbeginsprocessofinsertingtheline.
Movecursortodesiredlocation,thenleftclicktoentera
segment,doubleclickonterminalbustoend.
Note:Clickinganddraggingmousewhendrawing
transmissionlinesisusuallyNOTrecommended.This
willproduceacurvedlinewithmanysegments.

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 EnteringaTransmissionLine
Afterdoubleclicking,TransmissionLine/Transformer
Options dialogisdisplayed
From andToBuses andCircuit aresetautomatically
SetSeriesResistance to0.02
SetSeriesReactance to0.08
SetShuntCharging to0.1.
SetShuntConductance to0.
SetLimitA(MVA) ratingfieldto400.
selectOK

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 TransmissionLineDialog
Terminal
busesare
usuallyset
automatically Line
parameters

Linestatus Simulator
allowseight
different
limits

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 ModifyingLineRouting
Afterselectingaline,
handlesappearateach
vertex
Thecursorchangestoa
crosshairsymbolwhen
movedoverahandle.
Clickanddragtomovethe
vertex
Toaddavertex,holddown
theCtrlkeyandleftclickat
thedesiredinsertionpoint
Todeleteavertex,hold
downtheCtrlkeyandleft HandlesAppear
clickonthevertex
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 AddingCircuitBreakers
Circuitbreakersareusedtoindicatestatusoflines
andtransformers(nottruebreakerrepresentation).
Locationofcircuitbreakeronthelinedoesnotmatter.
Typicallyoneateachend,automaticallyinserted.
ToInsert,selectIndication CircuitBreaker,then
clickondesiredlocationontransmissionline.Verify
theNearBus andFarBus valuesarecorrect
Savethecase.

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 TwoBusCase

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 TextFields
Descriptivetextfieldscanbeaddedtotheoneline by
selectingBackground TextfromtheDrawribbon
tab.
EntertextFirstCase towardstopofoneline
Tochangefontandbackgroundcoloroftextfields:
Selectthetextfield
SelecttheFormatbutton

Changethefonttoblue,26pointandthebackgroundto
white.

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 BusFields
Busfieldsshowinformationaboutbusdevices,
includingloadsandgenerators.
Fieldscanbeenteredautomatically,or
manually.ChooseFieldintheDraw ribbontab.
Canchoosetypeoffield,digitstorightandleft
ofdecimal,andwhetherornotitisanchored.

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 LineFields
Linefieldsshowinformationabout
transmissionlinesandtransformers.
Forlinefields,flowisalwaysspecifiedatan
endofthetransmissionlineortransformer.
Endisnormallydeterminedautomaticallyby
insertionpoint.
JustlikeTextFields,BusandLinefieldscanbe
formattedusingtheoptionsintheFormatting
ribbongroup.
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 SolvingtheCase
Tosolvethecase,clickonRunMode.
OnlypermittedtochangetoRunModeifthere
arenoerrors.Notethatasystemslackbus
mustbeset.
Toanimatethesimulation,gototheTools
ribbontabandselectthePlay buttoninthe
PowerFlowToolsribbongroup.
Ifnotvisible,clickonLogtoseeabackstage
viewofthepowerflowsolution.
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 CaseOptions
Tomodifyanimatedlineflows,selectthe
Onelines ribbontab Oneline Display
Options.IntheDialog:
clickontheAnimatedFlowsPage
checkShowFlowSymbols
checkUseFillColor
clickonActualMWFillColor
selectalightgreencolor
selectOK
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 ThreeBusSystemControl
TodemonstratehowSimulatorcanbeusedto
controlasystem,switchbacktoEditMode and
addthefollowing:
Athirdbuswith400MW/200Mvarofloadand
300MWofgeneration
Transmissionlinesjoiningbus1tobus3,andbus2
tobus3.Usethesamelineparametersasbus1to
bus2line(R =0.02,X =0.08,B=0.1)

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 ThreeBusSystemControl
SelecttheCaseInformationribbontab
Aggregations Areas.
ChangeAGCStatus toPart.AGC bydouble
clickingonthefield.
GobacktotheRunMode andagainselectthe
Tools ribbontab,Play button.
Clickonthecircuitbreakerstochangetheir
status;notehowflowsredistribute.

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 ThreeBusSystemOneline

Animated
flows Piecharts
indicatethe
percentage
MVAloading
Slackbus
generator
Clickoncircuit
labeled
breakersto
Slack Generatorrotor
togglestatus
isvoltageangle
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 InsertingPieCharts
Piechartsareusuallyautomaticallyinserted.
Formanuallyinserting,selecttheDraw ribbon
tab,Pies/Gauges LineFlowPieChart. Then
clickonthelinemidpoint.
Thepiechartsareusedtographicallyindicate
thepercentageloadingofeachline.

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 SimulatorOnlineHelpFiles:
CaseSensitive
Moveyourcursoroveroneofthegenerator
objectsontheoneline diagram.
PressF1 key.
ThiswillbringuptheonlinehelpforSimulatorand
takeyoutothehelpregardingthatparticular
object
Trythisforloads,lines,etc
Thiswillalsoworkfor
ObjectDialogs
Caseinformationdisplays
andeverywherethroughoutSimulator

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 DrawingDefaults:FormattingFUTURE
OnelineDisplayObjects
InEditMode,selecttheOptions ribbontab
DefaultDrawing.
ChangesmadehereaffectonlyFUTUREoneline
displayobjectinsertions,notEXISTINGobjects.
ClicktheFieldPositionstabchoosehowfields
areautomaticallyinsertedaroundanobject.
Positioncolumnsappearingrid.Doubleclicka
positionfieldtochoosethetypeoffieldto
display,orusetheFieldPositionsdiagramto
setdisplayedfields.
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 ColorCodingandDrawingValues
FieldPositions tabsetstextfieldsautomaticallyinserted(nextslide)

kVRange
andColor

Setadefaultfontsizefor Objectdefaultdrawing
allnewtextfields valuesforkVrange
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 AutoFieldInsertion
ClicktheFieldPositionsTab

Typeof
fieldsbeing
modified

Clickon
Positionsto
AddorChange
FieldType
Displayed

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 FormattingEXISTINGOnelineDisplay
Objects
DefaultDrawingValuesonlyallowyouto
changethedefaultappearanceofFUTURE
displayobjects
TochangetheformatofEXISTINGdisplay
objects,makeuseofthefollowingtofeatures:
SelectingMultipleObjects
FormattingofSelectedObjects

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 SelectingMultipleObjects
Multipleoneline objectscanbeselectedbydifferent
mechanisms:
Individuallybyleftclickingonobjectswhileholdingdown
Shiftkey
UsingtheSelect buttonstoselectallobjectsinaregion,
availableintheSelect ribbongroupundertheDraw ribbon
tab.
HoldShiftCtrlanddragwiththeleftmousebuttontoselectarea
thatencompassesdesiredobjects
HoldShiftCtrlanddragwiththerightmousebuttontoselectarea
thatencompassesdesiredobjectsandtoretaincurrentlyselected
objects
UsingSelectbyCriteria,availableintheSelect ribbongroup
undertheDraw ribbontab.

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 SelectbyCriteriaDialog
Checkthespecific
Criteriasetsmaybe
objecttypestoselect.
savedforeasyreuse.
Objecttypeswith
multiplepossibilitiesare
markedwith>,andwill
openanadditional Objectscaneither
selectionwindowwhen be
checked selectedforentire
case,
orbyspecific
areas/zones/layers
andbyvoltagelevel

ClickOKtoselectallobjectsononelinemeeting
specifiedcriteria.
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 SelectbyCriteria:
Choosingspecificfields
Clickinginanspecificobjectopensnewdialogs
withmoredetail.Example:BusFields.

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 ChoosespecificAreas,Zones,or
ScreenLayers
ChoosetheTabsand
checkwhatyouwant

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 UseAdvancedFilteringinConjunction
withSelectByCriteria
Clickonthetypeofobjectyoureinterestedinandclick
Add/ModifyFilter(orjustdoubleclickontheFilter
column)

Doubleclick

Dialogappears

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 FormattingSelection
AfterselectingobjectsinEditMode
GototheFormatting ribbongroupundertheDraw
ribbontab,andchooseFormat
Youcanalso
rightclickon
aselection
andchoose
Format

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 FormatSelectedObject:
Line/Fill

Line
Information

BackgroundColor
Information

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 OnelineDiagramEnhancements:
Resize/RotateObjects
Abilitytoresizeandrotateoneline objects
easilywithyourmouse.

GreenCircle:
RotationPoint

GraySquare:
Forlooksonly

BlackSquare:
ResizeHandle

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 ScreenLayers
Addoneline objectstolayersforcustomizedviews.
SelecttheOnelines ribbontab Layerstocreateor
modifyscreenlayers
AssignobjectstolayersusingtheLevels/Layersbutton
ontheFormattingribbongroupontheDrawribbontab

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 ObjectOnelineDisplayLevels
Objectsareshownononelineusingfourdifferent
stacklevels,base,background,middleandtop.
Bydefault,differenttypesofobjectscanhave
differentlevels.Forexample,transmissionlinesare
levelmiddle,whilecircuitbreakersareleveltop.
Stacklevelcanbechangedbyfirstselectinganobject,
thenusingtheLevels/Layers buttononthe
Formatting ribbongroupundertheDraw ribbontab.

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 FormatSelectedObject:
Level/Layers

ChangeStackLevel

Layers

FontsandPieChartscanbesetso
thattheyonlyresizebetween
particularzoomlevels

Setthesevaluestoforceadisplay
objecttonotmoveorresize

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 BringToFront/SendToBack
Whatisshownontopisfirstgovernedbythe
stacklevel
Objectswithinthesamestacklevelcanbe
movedrelativetooneanother.GototheDraw
ribbontabandchoosetheBringtoFront or
SendtoBackbuttonsfromtheFormatting
ribbongroup.

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 FormatSelectedObject:
Display/Size
Sizeofanobjectcan
bechanged

Settinganobjectasimmobile
willpreventyoufrommoving
theobjectbydraggingitwith
themouse.

Objectssuchasgeneratorshavean
orientationwhichmaybechanged

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 FormatSelectedObject:
Font

Font
Information

ColorandRotation
Angle

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 FormatSelectedObject:
Field

Field
Information

Changehowthe
fieldlooks:digits,
decimalandsuffix

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 MultipleObjectSelectionExamples
OpenB7FLAT.pwbcase
SelectYeswhenaskedtosavecurrentonelineand
case.
UseSelectbyCriteriaontheFormattingribbon
groupontheDrawribbontabto:
changethesizeofallthelineflowpiecharts
makealltheMWflowlinefieldsgreen

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 ApplyDefaultDrawValuestoSelection
Anotherwaytoquicklychangea
largenumberofobjectsistodo
thefollowing
Selecttheobjectsyouwanttoform
usingShiftclicksorSelectby
Criteria
RightClickontheSelection
ChooseApplyDefaultDrawValues
Dialogattherightcomesup

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 Applyingtheformatofoneobjectto
another:CopyFormat
Selectagroupofoneline objectsandthenclick
thebuttonCopyFormat
Thiswillcopyalltheattributesthatarethesame
acrosstheselectedobjects
Forexample:Ifallobjectshaveafillcolor(supposethey
areRED),thenitwillcopythis.Butifsomeobjectsare
REDwhileothersareBLUE,itwillnotcopythisattribute.

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 PasteFormat
AfteryouhavechosentoCopyFormat,thenthePaste
Formatbuttonwillbeenabled.
Nowselectanothergroupofobjectstoapplythe
copiedformattingtoandclickthePasteFormat
button
Onlyattributesthatwere
thesameacrossthecopied
selectionwillbeenabled.
Checktheattributesyou
wouldliketopasteand
clickOK

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 OnelineandDocumentLinks
Createalinktoanotheroneline byselecting
theDraw ribbontab,Background button
Oneline Link
Clickingonthiswordwillopenuptheotheroneline
Anyfilecanbelinkedanditsassociated
applicationwillautomaticallyopen.
Thismeansthatpowerpointfilesorword
documentsorspreadsheetscanallbelinked

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 AddingPicturestotheOneline
Toincludepictures,suchasbitmaps,JPEGs,or
metafiles,ontheoneline,selecttheDraw ribbontab,
Background button Picture.
UseOpenPictureDialogtofinddesiredpicture
Dialogprovidesapreviewwindow
YoucanalsousetheWindowsClipboardtocopy
objectsfromotherprograms,suchasagraphfroma
spreadsheetorimagefromweb.

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 Example:CompanyLogos

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