{"id":1172,"date":"2015-04-12T04:29:58","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T04:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/?page_id=1172"},"modified":"2015-11-28T09:45:30","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T17:45:30","slug":"tip-12","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/?page_id=1172","title":{"rendered":"Tip 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"google_translate_element\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nfunction googleTranslateElementInit() {\n  new google.translate.TranslateElement({pageLanguage: 'en', layout: google.translate.TranslateElement.InlineLayout.HORIZONTAL, gaTrack: true, gaId: 'UA-41069223-1'}, 'google_translate_element');\n}\n<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/translate.google.com\/translate_a\/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"color: #676767;\"><span><span class='dropcap1'>C<\/span>reate your own sets of icons, link colors with custom ends, text boxes (TIP 11), and anything else you&#8217;ve customized. No point in reinventing the wheel when you can simply save the initial copy and use it in future diagrams. <\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<div class='divider-border' style='margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 40px'><\/div><div class='clear'><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #78d18b;\"><strong>Step 1<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #676767;\"><span><span style=\"color: #676767;\">Start by creating a new icon set that you can add to while you are creating a diagram. Go to expand Shapes&gt;More Shapes&gt;New Stencil (Metric or US).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><center><img alt=\"text\" src=\"http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TIP12_step1.jpg\" \/><center><\/center><\/center><div class='divider-border' style='margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 40px'><\/div><div class='clear'><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #78d18b;\"><strong>Step 2<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #676767;\"><span><span style=\"color: #676767;\">Select the group of icons (I suggest grouping all together before making the icon), and drag below the newly created icon set. Hold the ctrl key down when dragging and it will make a copy.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><center><img alt=\"text\" src=\"http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TIP12_step2.jpg\" \/><center><\/center><\/center><div class='divider-border' style='margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 40px'><\/div><div class='clear'><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #78d18b;\"><strong>Step 3<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #676767;\"><span><span style=\"color: #676767;\">The shape will be created with a master.x name.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><center><img alt=\"text\" src=\"http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TIP12_step3.jpg\" \/><center><\/center><\/center><div class='divider-border' style='margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 40px'><\/div><div class='clear'><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #78d18b;\"><strong>Step 4<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #676767;\"><span><span style=\"color: #676767;\">Right click and go to Rename Master. Name it something intuitive, but not too long so it doesn&#8217;t get truncated.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><center><img alt=\"text\" src=\"http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TIP12_step4.jpg\" \/><center><\/center><\/center><div class='divider-border' style='margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 40px'><\/div><div class='clear'><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #78d18b;\"><strong>Step 5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #676767;\"><span><span style=\"color: #676767;\">Hit the save button (circle in red), and drag away! If you setup all of the layers before creating the master, it will retain the layer properties and keep your diagrams consistent. Don&#8217;t stop at just icons; you can also create sets for text, fonts, colors, and spacing.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><center><img alt=\"text\" src=\"http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TIP12_step5.jpg\" \/><center><\/center><\/center><div class='divider-border' style='margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 40px'><\/div><div class='clear'><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target='_self' href='http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/?page_id=1131' class='button large rounded green'>&lt; TIP<\/a><a target='_self' href='http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/?page_id=1314\" target=\"_blank' class='button large rounded green'>TIP &gt;<\/a>\n<p><center><img alt=\"text\" src=\"http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/compass-vsmall.png\" \/><\/center><center><a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/networkdiagram101.com\/?page_id=820' class='button large rounded orange'>Diagram Store<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>reate your own sets of icons, link colors with custom ends, text boxes (TIP 11), and anything else you&#8217;ve customized. No point in reinventing the wheel when you can simply save the initial copy and use it in future diagrams. 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