Use free-form texts as occurrence copy

In an open model, you can create a free-form text as an occurrence copy to make changes to text at different positions in the model or in various models at once.

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. Click the free-form text and select Copy Copy.

  2. In the same model or in another model, click Paste Paste as > Occurrence copy.

  3. Move the mouse pointer to the position in the model at which you want to place the occurrence copy of the free-form text.

A new occurrence exists for the same free-form text. If you edit one of the occurrences, the free-form text of the other occurrences is also changed automatically.

Tip

You can copy free-form text as a normal copy, that is, as text that can be changed without affecting other free-form texts, using the Copy/Paste functionality.

See also

Use free-form texts as definition copy

Insert free-form texts

Move free-form texts

Change free-form texts

Format free-form texts