| Feature |
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Application |
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Benefits |
| User-defined time units |
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Users can select any time unit from seconds to weeks for Tasks and Task Links. |
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Improved accuracy and flexibility for recording and analyzing time. |
| Dramatically simplified hyperlink creation |
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Brand new hyperlink definition feature for internal and external linking. |
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Greater productivity because creating hyperlinks inside TaskMaps and to external objects is faster and easier. |
| Dynamic hyperlinks for Process Connectors |
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Hyperlinks between Process Connectors and target Tasks are automatically updated if the target Task is renumbered, i.e., the text inside the Process Connector and the underlying hyperlink are dynamically updated. |
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Increased quality assurance for linking processes. Greater integrity of process information. |
| Separate hyperlinks for Task and Sub-process Task ID |
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Sub-process Task ID is now separately selectable and can be hyperlinked independently from the Task itself. |
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Greater flexibility to apply hyperlinks to Tasks; simplified “drill-down” to sub-process details. |
| Dynamic hyperlinks for Sub-process Task IDs |
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Hyperlinks between Sub-process Task IDs and target Tasks are automatically updated if the target Task is renumbered, i.e., the text of the Sub-process Task ID and the underlying hyperlink are dynamically updated. |
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Increased quality assurance for linking processes. Greater integrity of process information. |
| Time totaling reports |
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Automated time totaling is included for: selected shapes, all shapes on a page or all shapes in a drawing. |
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Ability to easily analyze existing TaskMaps for time and time-related performance. |
| Four supporting roles for Task shape |
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Additional roles can be added to Tasks that require up to four supporting roles |
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Tasks can be defined in greater detail, especially when larger groups of people are involved. |
| Global find and replace |
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Any text element in a TaskMap can be located and replaced |
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Increased productivity. Permits global changes to processes and procedures to be made without extensive manual editing. |
| Notes indicator |
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Allows users to visually identify Tasks that contain notes. In addition, the contents of the Note will be displayed when the cursor is positioned over the notes indicator. |
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Improved communication. Additional relevant information about Tasks can be distributed amongst authors, reviewers and final recipients. |
| Visualization changes to the Task shape |
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Easier to identify hyperlink symbol, improved text sizing and reduced inter-line spacing for Guidelines, Resources and Supporting Roles. |
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Improved visual presentation of Task shape information; enhanced communication of process information to users of process maps. |
| Visualization changes to the Task Link shape |
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Using a TaskMap toolbar option, users can suppress display of both Task Link description and zero-value Task Completion Times. |
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Improved appearance of maps via enhanced visualization options; enhanced communication of process information to users of process maps. |
| New templates |
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New TaskMap templates for A4 paper, A3-sized maps that print on A4 paper and 10"x13" maps that print on 8½"x11" paper, in addition to the current 8½"x11" template. |
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Improved productivity for customers using ISO paper sizes, and ability to fit more shapes on a single page with automatic size reduction for printing. |
| More pre-defined frequencies plus new user-defined task frequencies |
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Expanded list of standard Task frequencies, all with customizable abbreviations; in addition, users can define their own unique frequencies. |
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Increased flexibility for determining frequency requirements and for frequency display. |
| Expanded Task IDs |
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Allows entry of up to four-character page identifiers, which in turn allows Task ID to begin with four characters (followed by the two digit sequence number). |
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Increased flexibility and creativity in assigning page and Task identifiers. Allows Task IDs such as: DABC01, AB-101, Acct01, Mkt-02, A-R05, etc.
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 Time stamp feature (in release 2.1) |
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Keep track of the last time that a TaskMap was edited and saved by using the "Last Save Date/Time" from the Visio Insert menu; This field can be added to most Visio shapes. |
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Allows improved control of when the last published version of a TaskMap was created and released. |
