Connecting Icons Within a Map

To connect icons within a map:

1. Click the Link button on the toolbar.

   You must use the link tool to connect icons; do not use arrows or other drawing objects.

2. Click the icon where the link starts.

   The icon must be a linkable definition. As you pass the cursor over different parts of the map, its appearance changes to indicate whether you are over a linkable definition:

   • A plus sign indicates that you are not over a linkable definition.

   • A plus sign within a circle indicates that you are over a linkable definition.

3. Click the icon where the link ends.

   This click completes the link, and an arrow from one object to the other appears. Even if you relocate objects on the map, the link stays connected to both objects.

   To cancel without completing the link, right-click.

4. (Optional) Modify the shape of the link.

   To create angles at the same time that you create the link, make one or more intermediate clicks where you want the line to bend. You can add multiple angles. However, you must always end the line with a linkable definition.

   Change the angle by clicking the connector line, selecting the angle anchor, and moving it.

   To create an angle in an existing link, select the link, press and hold the Ctrl key, and click where you want to create an angle anchor. You can then move the anchor as described previously.