Use free-form texts as definition copy

You can create free-form text as a definition copy to copy text fragments to other positions in the model.

Warning

Free-form texts are not saved in groups and are thus not protected by access privileges for groups. Therefore, it is possible to have reports output the free-form texts of models for which the person running the report does not have read privileges. Therefore, remember not to include confidential information in free-form texts but to use model and object attributes for that.

Procedure

  1. Right-click the free-form text and select Copy.
  2. Right-click the model background and select Paste or Paste as > Definition copy.
  3. Click the position in the model where you want to place the copy of the free-form text.

Now two copies of the free-form text exist. If you edit one of the two texts, the other free-form text will remain unchanged.

See also

Insert free-form texts

Move free-form texts

Change free-form texts

Format free-form texts

Use free-form texts as occurrence copy