Details of the ISHIKAWA Environment

Summary of Operations

To invoke the following context-sensitive operations, apply the specified action (mouse event) to the appropriate hotspot, using the left mouse button:

Table 18.1: Primary Operations

Operation	Mouse Event	Hotspot	Section

Add	Click	Near the intended attachment point	"Adding Arrows"
Edit	Click	Arrow tail	"Labeling Arrows"
Move	Click (to pick)	Arrow head
	Click (to drop)	Near the intended attachment point	"Moving Arrows"
Delete	Double click	Arrow head	"Deleting Arrows"
Resize	Drag	Arrow tail	"Resizing Arrows"
Notepad	Double click	Arrow tail	"Notepads"

To invoke the following operations, make the specified selection from the appropriate context-sensitive popup menu using the right mouse button:

Table 18.2: Secondary Operations

Operation	Menu	Selection	Section
Swap	Head or tail		"Swapping Arrows"
Balance	Head or tail		"Balancing Arrows"
Hide Detail	Background	${\lt Detail}$	"Managing Complexity"
Show Detail	Background	${\gt Detail}$	"Managing Complexity"
Zoom	Head or tail		"Zooming Arrows"
Isolate	Head or tail		"Isolating Arrows"
Print	Pull-down		"Creating Graphics Output Using SAS/GRAPH Software"
Save	Pull-down		"Saving an Ishikawa Diagram for Future Editing"
Save	Pull-down		.
Subset	Head or tail		"Modifying Arrow Colors and Line Styles"
Copy	Head or tail		"Merging Diagrams"
Refresh	Background		.
Unsubset	Background		"Modifying Arrow Colors and Line Styles"
Unbalance	Background		"Balancing Arrows"
Undelete	Background		"Deleting Arrows"

When applied to the appropriate hotspots, the following actions (mouse events) invoke these context-sensitive operations:

Table 18.3: Context-Sensitive Tools

Hotspot	Mouse Event	Operation	Section

Arrow Head	Click	Begin move	"Moving Arrows"
	Double click	Delete	"Deleting Arrows"
	Drag	Resize	"Resizing Arrows"
	Popup menu	Subset	"Modifying Arrow Colors and Line Styles"
		Balance	"Balancing Arrows"
		Swap	"Swapping Arrows"
		Copy	"Merging Diagrams"
		Zoom	"Zooming Arrows"
		Isolate	"Isolating Arrows"
Arrow Tail	Click	Edit	"Labeling Arrows"
	Double click	Notepad	"Notepads"
	Drag	Resize	"Resizing Arrows"
	Popup menu	Subset	"Modifying Arrow Colors and Line Styles"
		Balance	"Balancing Arrows"
		Swap	"Swapping Arrows"
		Copy	"Merging Diagrams"
Arrow	Click	Add new arrow or	"Adding Arrows"
		complete move operation	"Moving Arrows"
Window Background	Click	Drop (finish) pending action	.
	Drag	Drop (finish) pending action	.
	Popup menu	Undelete	"Deleting Arrows"
		Unsubset	"Modifying Arrow Colors and Line Styles"
		Unbalance	"Balancing Arrows"
		Show Detail	"Managing Complexity"
		Hide Detail	"Managing Complexity"
		Refresh	.

The File menu on the command bar can be used to control the following operations:

Table 18.4: File Menu

File		Description	Section
New		Start a new diagram	"Tutorial"
Open		Open an existing diagram	"Reading an Existing Ishikawa Diagram"
Close		Close the current window	.
Merge		Merge in an existing diagram	"Merging Diagrams"
Save as	Data Set	Save as a SAS data set	"Saving an Ishikawa Diagram for Future Editing"
	Graph	Print using SAS/GRAPH software	"Creating Graphics Output Using SAS/GRAPH Software"
	Image	Save as an IMAGE, catalog entry	Saving as an Image
Export as Bitmap	File...	Copy to a bitmap file	"Creating Bitmap Graphics Output"
	Customize...	Export options	Export Options

The Edit menu on the command bar can be used to control the following operations:

Table 18.5: Edit Menu

Edit	Description	Section
Copy	Copy the diagram to host clipboard	"Creating Bitmap Graphics Output"
Clear...	Clear the window	.

The View menu on the command bar can be used to control the following operations:

Table 18.6: View Menu

View		Description	Section
Ishikawa Settings	Palettes	Line and color palettes	"Modifying Arrow Colors and Line Styles"
	Background Color	Change window background color	.
	Save Attributes	Save window attributes: size, fonts and background color	.
	Balance Method	Select a balancing style	"Balancing Arrows"
	Resize Method	Select a resizing method	"Resizing Arrows"
	Primary Fonts...	Font dialog for first 3 levels	"Modifying Fonts"
	Secondary Fonts...	Font dialog for levels 4-10	"Modifying Fonts"
	Colors...	Color dialog	"Modifying Box Colors"
	Arrows...	Arrow style dialog	"Modifying Arrow Heads"
	Other...	Style dialog	"Modifying Environmental Attributes"
Refresh		Refresh the window	.

The Help menu on the command bar can be used to control the following operations:

Table 18.7: Help Menu

Help	Description
SAS System Help	SAS help system
Using This Window	Ishikawa specific help

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