Use free-form texts as occurrence copy

You can create a free-form text as an occurrence copy to make changes to text at different positions in the model all 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. Right-click the free-form text, and select Copy.
  2. Right-click in the model background and select Paste as > Occurrence copy.
  3. Click the position in the model at which you want to place the copy of the free-form text.

Two occurrences exist for the same free-form text. If you edit one of the two occurrences, the other free-form text will also be changed automatically.

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