You can expand and collapse outlines in specific ways, as described in this topic. The procedures in this topic apply to both Outline Editor and Outline Viewer.
You cannot select multiple members to expand or collapse simultaneously.
For information about expanding in outlines that contain relationally stored members, see Viewing Relationally Stored Members.
To expand or collapse outlines:
Open the outline in Outline Editor or Outline Viewer.
To expand the entire outline to all descendants, select Outline, then Expand entire outline.
To expand the outline to the children of a particular member, select the member and then select Outline, then Expand to children.
To expand the outline to all descendants of a particular member, select the member and then select Outline, then Expand to descendants.
To collapse the outline to the ancestor of a particular member, select the member and then select Outline, then Collapse to ancestor.