Using the RapidFire tool to quickly add ideas to a diagram

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Using the RapidFire tool to quickly add ideas to a diagram

Using the RapidFire tool to quickly add ideas to a diagram

In Diagram View, you can use the RapidFire tool to add a series of ideas that are connected to a symbol (RapidFire With Links option) or to add a series of unconnected ideas (RapidFire Without Links option). The advantage of using the RapidFire tool is that you can concentrate on adding the ideas rather than creating symbols one at a time.

After you select a RapidFire option, you can click the RapidFire button to enter ideas using the selected option.

To add linked symbols using the RapidFire tool:

1.Select the symbol to which you want to add the linked symbols or click the background of the diagram.

2.Click the RapidFire Options button menu_popup on the RapidFire button, then choose With Links (this is the default).

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The RapidFire icon appears in the symbol to show you the tool is turned on.

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3.Enter an idea, then press Enter after each idea.

Your ideas appear as symbols on the diagram. The ideas progress around the symbol where you started in a clockwise direction.

4.To turn off the RapidFire tool, click the RapidFire button again, or click the background of the diagram.

To add unconnected symbols using the RapidFire tool:

1.Click the RapidFire Options button menu_popup on the RapidFire button, then choose Without Links.

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2.Enter an idea, then press Enter after each idea.

Your ideas appear as unconnected symbols on the diagram.

3.To turn off the RapidFire tool, click the RapidFire button again, or click the background of the diagram.