Menu: Edit menu

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The Edit menu offers the following commands:

Cut

The Cut command copies the currently selected object into the Clipboard and subsequently deletes it from the current workspace. This command is unavailable if there is no data currently selected. The Cut command can be also invoked by pressing the (Cut) button on the Standard toolbar or using the Ctrl+X shortcut. The clipboard contents can be pasted into GeNIe or any other graphics editing program.

Copy

The Copy command copies the currently selected object into the Clipboard. This command is unavailable if there is no data currently selected. The Copy command can be also invoked by pressing the (Copy) button on the Standard toolbar or using the Ctrl+C shortcut. The clipboard contents can be pasted into GeNIe or any other graphics editing program.

Paste

The Paste command copies the current Clipboard contents to the current workspace at the insertion point indicated by the current cursor position. This command is unavailable if the Clipboard is empty. The Paste command can be also invoked by pressing the (Paste) button on the Standard toolbar or using the Ctrl+V shortcut.

Copying and pasting GeNIe models across applications

Windows Clipboard supports multiple formats. GeNIe stores data simultaneously in three formats:

1. . Native GeNIe format for cut/copy/paste between models
2. . Standard text - names of selected nodes and comments
3. . Standard bitmap - contains selected objects

Each time you invoke Copy or Cut, data in all three formats are sent to the clipboard; there are no special keys except standard Ctrl+C. All you need to do is select 'Paste special' from the 'Edit' menu in the target program (e.g., in Word or PowerPoint). This should bring the dialog box with all format names. Plain 'Paste' command does different things in different programs - it pastes data as text into Word by default.

To get complete model as a bitmap picture, First select all elements in the model using Ctrl+A. Then use Ctrl+C to copy the model to the clipboard.

Then open the program in which you want to paste the model image [ e.g. Adobe Photoshop / MS Word ]. Use Paste Special/Bitmap in Word. If you use Phote Editor [ or any graphics editing program ] for example (to change bitmap to jpg), Paste will paste the model image by default.

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Note: You can paste nodes cut/copied to the clipboard into any graphic editing program also.

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Delete

The Delete command deletes the currently selected element. The element can be an arc, node or submodel or can be multiple selections of elements too. Use this command carefully. Incase you delete any element by mistake just reload the file without saving it. However you may lose valid work on the model since your last save.

Find

The Find Command allows to find a node by its identifier or by its name. Choosing the Find command invokes the following dialog box:

The Find command finds the specified text string in the names and identifiers of all elements of the models and submodels. It will also search within Annotations if the Look in annotations checkbox is checked. Match whole word only and Match case flags allow for customizing the search.

After searching the models if it finds any matches , they are displayed in the dialog box and the Find button changes into a Locate Button. Pressing the Locate button locates the selected node in the list and flashes it in the Graph view. You can also locate a node by double clicking on its name in the list.

Select All:

This command selects all elements [ nodes and submodels ] in the current Graph window. The shortcut for this selection is Ctrl+A.

Select Evidence Nodes:

This command selects the nodes, for which the evidence has been set by the user.

Select Nodes by Color submenu:

This command selects nodes based on the color set for each node. If there is only one color used through out the model, then only color will be displayed in the submenu.

Select Objects by Type submenu:

The Select Objects by Type submenu contains eight commands:

• All Nodes:

This command selects all nodes in the main model. The shortcut for this selection is Ctrl+Shift+A.

• Chance Nodes:

This command selects all Chance Nodes in the main model.

• Deterministic Nodes:

This command selects all Deterministic Nodes in the main model.

• Decision Nodes:

This command selects all Decision Nodes in the main model.

• Utility & MAU Nodes:

This command selects all Utility & MAU ( Multi- Attributed Utility) Nodes in the main model.

• Select Submodels:

This command selects all submodels in the main model. The shortcut for this selection is Ctrl+Alt+A.

• Select Arcs:

This command selects all the arcs in the main model.

• Select Text Boxes

This command selects all the text boxes in the main model.