Placing Database Keynote Legends

Keynote legends can take advantage of a notes database.

To place a database keynote legend:

1. Click the Callout tool from the Basic palette.

2. Click the Preferences button from the Tool bar.

The Callout Preferences dialog box opens. As described in Inserting Callouts or Keynotes, select Place As Keynote and click OK.

3. Place the callouts in the drawing area.

4. Select the keynote legend. From the Object Info palette, click Edit Notes.

5. The Notes Manager: Keynote List dialog box opens.

6. If necessary, click Show Database Controls to access the keynote legend database parameters.

The dialog box is divided into two sections, with the database information on the left and the keynote legend information on the right. The buttons in the center of the dialog box move information from the database to the legend and vice versa.

Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter	Description
Active Database, Sections in Database, Notes in Database, Note Text, Database Filter, and Prefs	Edits the database sections, notes, note text, search filters, and saving preferences as described in Placing Database Callouts
Notes in the Selected Keynote List Object	Edits the keynote legend notes and description as described in Inserting Callouts or Keynotes; the Relative Path column indicates whether the associated database is referenced by a relative path (check mark) or absolute path (no check mark)
Update >	Overwrites the selected keynote legend note(s) with the selected database note
< Update	Overwrites the selected database note with the selected keynote legend note
< Add	Adds the selected keynote legend note(s) to the database, placing the note(s) in the current database section
Auto-Locate	Automatically locates the database, section, and description of a selected keynote legend note, if the note originated from a database
< Locate	If the selected keynote legend note originated from a database, locates the note’s database, section, and description
Hide Database Controls >>	Hides the database portion of the keynote legend dialog box; edits made with the database hidden are not reflected in the database

7. Click OK to change the keynote legend, replacing the notes with database notes.

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Notes Management with Databases

Editing Keynotes and the Keynote Legend

Notes Management

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