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Attribute
Glossary
A piece of information that is associated with a chart item, such as date of
birth or account number. It is represented by a symbol and/or value
displayed with the chart item.
Attribute Bar
A special type of toolbar that allows you to add attributes to chart items and
find chart items with a specific attribute value assigned to them.
Attribute Class
Characteristics of a specific attribute, including the type of its value, how it is
displayed and the treatment of values when merged or pasted.
Attribute Entry
An attribute class together with a value. Attribute entries appear in palettes.
Attribute Instance
A single use of an attribute on a chart item. For an individual chart item there
can be only one value for a particular attribute class. The display
characteristics are controlled by the attribute class.
Attribute Type
An indication of the type of value which can be represented by an attribute.
The four available types are Flag, Text, Number, and Time.
Auto Save
The ability of the application to save automatically a copy of your work on a
regular basis. In the event of a power failure or abnormal closure of the
application, the last automatically saved copy of your work is recovered
when you restart the application.
Auto Scroll
The automatic vertical or horizontal movement across a window that occurs
when you move or add a chart item close to the edge of the window.
Automatic (or Auto) Attribute
An attribute automatically created and assigned to chart items by the
application. These attributes appear in the Attribute Classes page of the
Chart Properties dialog with a yellow background.
Back Up
To copy data for safe keeping. For example, to copy a file onto a CD.
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