If you want to display the current chart, to delete boxes or add new ones to the chart, or to change the linkage between boxes, then you will need to use the EDIT-CHART command in the top menu. The display in the chart window is then changed from the entry form for the current box to a WYSIWYG display of the org chart as it would be printed. A new menu also appears. Using this menu, you can add, delete and move the boxes that make up the chart. You can also select a box to edit, displaying its entry form and returning to the top menu. The commands that operate on a box (for example, DELETE-BOX <[2.4]>) begin by asking you to designate the box to be operated on. When prompted to select a box, position the cursor on the box you want to pick and press the left mouse button or the keyboard ENTER key. Note that after completing a MOVE <[2.2]>, DELETE <[2.4]>, or CLONE <[2.3]> operation, you can perform another operation of the same type without having to invoke the command a second time. For example, you can duplicate several boxes by invoking the CLONE-BOX command once and then selecting the target boxes one at a time with the cursor.

Use the EDIT-BOX command if you want to change the contents or properties of one of the boxes in the chart. If you invoke this command and then select the box you want to edit, ORCHIS will return to the top menu after opening that box for editing and displaying its entry form in the chart window. Then you can change the contents and properties of that box as described in Chapters <[1]> and <[3]>.

Use the MOVE-BOX command if you want to change the linkage between boxes. If you invoke this command, you will be prompted first to select the box to be moved and then to select a new parent for that box. The moved box becomes the last daughter of its new parent. It will be the lowest daughter in a vertical branch or the rightmost daughter in a horizontal branch. If the new parent is the same box as the old parent, the effect of the command is simply to re-arrange the order of the boxes under this parent. You can produce any ordering of the daughters of a box by using the MOVE-BOX command in this way.

Use the CLONE-BOX command to make an exact duplicate of a given box in the chart. If you invoke this command and select a box to be duplicated, a new box is created with the same contents and properties as the selected box. Initially, the new box is not linked to other boxes; it is displayed at the top of the chart.

Use the DELETE-BOX command to remove a box from the chart. When you invoke this command and select a box to be deleted, ORCHIS will remove that box from the chart. Once removed, the deleted box cannot be recovered; therefore, ORCHIS asks for verification for each box deleted. If the deleted box had daughters, they are moved up in the chart to become daughters of the box that was the parent of the box just deleted.

Use the UNLINK-BOX command to detach a box from its parent without attaching it to a new parent. The unlinked box is displayed at the top of the chart. Note that this command does not unlink the box from its daughters.

Use the NEW-BOX command to add a box to the chart. When you invoke this command a new box is created and added to the chart. The new box is not linked to other boxes. Initially, all of the text fields are empty and all of the properties are set to their default values. Note that it is often more efficient to use the CLONE-BOX command <[2.3]> to add a box to the chart, duplicating the box whose contents and properties most nearly match the box you are trying to create.

Use the EXPAND command to expand the display in the chart window. Specifically, the window's magnification is doubled. The window displays half as much of the chart in each direction, but the displayed elements are twice as large. EXPAND performs a zoom-in operation.

Use the SHRINK command to contract the display in the chart window. The window's magnification is reduced by 1/2. The window displays twice as much of the chart in each direction, but the displayed elements are only half as large. SHRINK performs a zoom-out operation.