DD Thought Tickler Tutorial

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Modify the forking Document

Modify the forking Document using Thought Tickler.
In this document, you split the Node [Decide the itinerary and the destination of the travel] into the [Decide the itinerary] and the [Decide the destination].
  1. Activate Thought Tickler and click the button [Tree view mode] in the History console.
  2. Click the rectangle of the forking document to activate it.
  3. Click the pulldown menu [Zoom selection] in the toolbar and zoom out so that you can see whole figure in the Canvas.

  4. Make sure that the command [Selection tool] is activated.
  5. Hold down the left mouse button at the upper left of the Node [Estimate the budget] and move the mouse pointer bottom right.
    Encircle all the Objects below the node with a rectangle.
  6. Release the left mouse button up.
    As a result, every Object in this rectangle is selected.
  7. Move vertically the Node [Estimate the budget] down while keeping the Shift-key pressed.
  8. Set '100%' into the [Zoom selection].
  9. Move the Node [Decide the itinerary...] and delete the arrowed edges connected with the Node, as illustrated in the following graphic.
  10. Select the Chip [SZ_L/ Parallel] in the Chip Store.
  11. Type 'S' and 'Z' ('L' and '/' if Left-handed) and put two Parallels on the Canvas.
  12. Type 'T' and 'V' ('Y' and 'M' if Left-handed) to activate the command [Arrowed polyline tool].
    Move the mouse pointer on the Parallel and stay there.
    When a double rectangle is displayed, left-click.
  13. Operate while keeping the Shift-key pressed.
  14. Draw an arrowed edge from the Parallel to the Node [Decide the itinerary...] as illustrated in the following graphic.
  15. Draw an arrowed edge from the Node [Decide the itinerary...] to another Parallel similarly.
  16. Hold down the right mouse button on the Node [Decide the itinerary...].
  17. Move the mouse pointer to the left while keeping the Shift-key pressed.
  18. Release the right mouse button up at the appropriate place.
    And click the command [Duplicate]. It is ok to click with right mouse button.
  19. The Node will be duplicated.
  20. Type 'Decide the destination of the travel] into the left Node.
    Type 'Decide the itinerary of the travel] into the right Node.
  21. Draw arrowed edges connecting with the Node 'Decide the destination...] as illustrated in the following graphic.
  22. Type 'T' and 'V' ('Y' and 'M' if Left-handed) to activate the command [Arrowed polyline tool].
    Now you will draw an arrowed line from the Parallel.
    To draw from the Parallel, a linking mark must be displayed at the center of the Parallel.
    But the mouse pointer would hit the end of two edges so you could not place a linking mark at the center.
  23. To place the linking mark at the center of the Parallel, zoom in on the figure.
    You can zoom in by rotating the mouse wheel, while keeping the Control-key pressed.
    Zoom in enough, then move the mouse pointer on the center of the Parallel and stay there.
    When a combination of a cross and a rectangle mark is displayed, click the left mouse button and draw an arrowed line.
  24. Draw an arrowed line from the Parallel to the Node [Estimate the budget].
  25. Draw an arrowed edge from the Decision Node to the Node [Decide the destination of the travel].
  26. Select the text Object [Too expensive] at the right of the Decision Node.
  27. Type 'S' and 'F' ('L' and 'J' if Left-handed) to activate the command [Linked text posting tool].
  28. Move the mouse pointer at the left-hand corner of the Decision Node and stay there.
    When a combination of a cross and a rectangle mark is displayed, hold down the left mouse button.
  29. Move the mouse pointer upper left and release the left mouse button at the appropriate place.
  30. The command [Text edit tool] will be activated automatically, then just click the key 'ESC' to deactivate the command.
    The text object will be duplicated linking with the corner of the Decision Node.
  31. Delete the original [Too expensive] at the right of the Decision Node.
  32. The division task has been completed.
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