Fifty Enterprise Architect Tricks

50 EA Tricks retired

Introduction

1. Preface
2. Copyright notice
3. Thanks to
4. About the author
5. Online

Chapter 1: Elementary, my dear Watson

1. Trick 1: Adding an element of the same type
2. Trick 2: Adding related elements to the diagram
3. Trick 3: Put target element in diagram
4. Trick 4: Bookmarking elements
5. Trick 5: Element styles
6. Trick 6: Finding elements in the tree
7. Trick 7: Nesting elements
8. Trick 8: Locking elements
9. Trick 9: Adding elements directly to a package
10. Trick 10: Mimic multilanguage support

Chapter 2: Connecting things

1. Trick 11: Exact placement of connectors
2. Trick 12: Repeat connector
3. Trick 13: Pressing shift while dragging to add a bend
4. Trick 14: A bezier curve
5. Trick 15: Prompt on connector deletes
6. Trick 16: Adding notes to a connector
7. Trick 17: Docking elements
8. Trick 18: Parent-child relations, drag and drop style
9. Trick 19: Converting linked element to local copy
10. Trick 20: Connecting notes to internal documentation

Chapter 3: Diagrams

1. Trick 21: Copy a diagram to the clipboard
2. Trick 22: Same size
3. Trick 23: Save as shortcut
4. Trick 24: Change diagram type
5. Trick 25: Package on a diagram
6. Trick 26: Quick zooming
7. Trick 27: Shallow or deep copy?
8. Trick 28: A legend
9. Trick 29: Status colors on diagrams
10. Trick 30: Manual layouting

Chapter 4: Toolbox, types and tree

1. Trick 31: Toolbox visibility
2. Trick 32: Create your own toolbox
3. Trick 33: General types
4. Trick 34: Auto name counters
5. Trick 35: Stereotypes
6. Trick 36: Tagged value types
7. Trick 37: Inheriting tagged values
8. Trick 38: Apply a tagged value to multiple elements
9. Trick 39: Sorting tree
10. Trick 40: Finding orphans

Chapter 5: A bit more advanced

1. Trick 41: Slideshow
2. Trick 42: Searches
3. Trick 43: Relationship matrix
4. Trick 44: Hierarchy window and traceability
5. Trick 45: List view
6. Trick 46: Filtering
7. Trick 47: Printing large diagrams
8. Trick 48: The Team Review
9. Trick 49: Database access
10. Trick 50: Visualize workflow

Bonus Chapter 1: various extra tips

1. Trick 1: a simple todo list
2. Trick 2: quickly copying an element with its properties
3. Trick 3: Hide stereotypes for information items on information items conveyed by a connector
4. Trick 4: Show Namespaces
5. Trick 5: A bunch of relations
6. Trick 6: Reporting on some specific elements
7. Trick 7: Inserting images the easy way
8. Trick 8: Updating the status of all requirements in a package
9. Trick 9: How to make a diagram the model default, and how to undo it
10. Trick 10: coupling roles to swimlanes

Bonus Chapter 2: Still more various extra tips

1. Trick 1: semi-batch creation of elements
2. Trick 2: sorting a list on tagged values
3. Trick 3: using lists for easy export to spreadsheets
4. Trick 4: really advanced search
5. Trick 5: convert a scenario to a diagram - automatically!
6. Trick 6: how to make structured text from diagrams
7. Trick 7: Importing visio drawings
8. Trick 8: Links in notes
9. Trick 9: Operations as activities
10. Trick 10: Working with working sets
11. Trick 3: filtering the list

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