Using Chronolator Samples
Exercise 8 - Highlighting events according to their agency or organisation
Chronolator can highlight events from different agencies in a number of ways.
Step | Action | What to expect and other comments |
1 | Read Chronolator Toolbars and About the Exercises if you have not already done so. | |
2 | Open SampleCompositeChronologyHealth. | This Composite Chronology contains events gathered from a number of health agencies:
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3 | Press Tools > Highlight Source > Define and Do;  |
Highlighting will be lost when certain other features are used. It is recommended that you do not highlight a document until you have finished with those other features. See Message 7010 for details of which features might lose highlighting. This message is only displayed once in a Word session. |
4 | Press OK. |
The Highlight Source options selector is displayed. Chronolator has many options for choosing colour schemes and styles. We will just use the defaults for now. |
5 | Press OK:  | The table is highlighted:  |
6 | Press Tools > Highlight Source > Define and Do. | The Highlight Source options selector is displayed. |
7 | Press the Show samples button:  | A new document opens, explaining how the Scope and Colour Scheme selectors work, and containing swatches of the colours Chronolator can use to highlight the document.  |
8 | Close the new document. | You can leave it open if you want and switch back to SampleCompositeChronologyHealth using the Windows taskbar. |
9 | Choose a Scope and Colour Scheme (here we have chosen Row Text and Tint) and press Preview:  | A new document opens, illustrating how each source will be highlighted:  |
10 | Close the new document. | You can leave it open if you want and switch back to SampleCompositeChronologyHealth using the Windows taskbar. |
11 | Keeping the Scope and Colour Scheme you have chosen, click the drop-down arrow and select a Source Prefix:  |
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12 | Experiment with the Custom Settings:  | The background of the number box and arrows is the colour to be assigned to the selected Source Prefix. Use the arrows to choose a new colour, or type one in the box. You will not be able to assign a colour if it is already in use, or if it is not a valid colour. |
13 | Use the Preview button again to preview your choices, or press OK to highlight the document. |
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14 | Close SampleCompositeChronologyHealth without saving changes. |
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In this exercise, you have learned about the Highlight Source feature. In particular:
