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file:///C:/uml/BOUML/bouml_3.0/doc/TOUT.html285 of 378 07/10/2007 15:55A activity diagram may contain activity, activity regions, activity actions, activity objects, activity control nodes, packages, fragment,notes, texts, diagram icons, and the flows.To place these elements in the diagram, use the buttons on the top (to create a new element or choose from the already defined ones) thclick at the appropriate position in the diagram, or grab the element from the browser into the diagram.Warning : when you use the buttons to add an activity node and you click on a activity or region drawing, the new activity will be nestedin the activity or region. In case you place the new element out of any activity or region drawing, the new one will be nested in activityowning the diagram.To add a new flow or dependencybetween elements, select the appropriate arrow through the buttons on the top of the diagram sub window, click on the start element withthe left mouse button, move the mouse, each time the mouse button is raised a new line break is introduced, at least click on the enelement. To abort a line construction press the right mouse button or do a double click with the left mouse button.A line may be broken, during its construction of after clicking on the line with the left mouse button and moving the mouse with themouse button still pushed. To remove a line break, a double click on the point with the left mouse button is enough, or use the line bremenu of the point using the right mouse button.Thescalemay be changed from 30 up to 200 %. To allows to see the operation/message kinds even with a small scale, the size of the arrounmodified.fit%allows to set the largest scale allowing to show all the picture, as it is possible. Because of the scrollbar management, hitting several timeson fit% may give several scales.Classically, the left mouse click may be used to select an element, or several when the control key is down, a multiple selection may alsobe done defining a region using the mouse left click out of any element and moving the mouse with the click and maintaining the clicdown. The diagram's elements may be moved after a left mouse click on an element and maintaining the click down during the mousmove. The right mouse click is used to show context dependent menus.control s is a shortcut to save the project