# General Functions of graphical tools

Figure: whiteboard with content (example tool)

Each tool is divided into three areas.

1: This area is the drawing area. The text maps can be displayed and edited here, diagrams, sociograms, etc. can be graphically displayed and edited.

2: Each tool has an associated chat. In this chat user and contact regarding the content currently being edited.

3: The graphical elements can be added, edited and removed via the toolbar, edit and remove graphic elements.

Figure: toolbar with descriptions

Additional functions in other tools:

Tool Symbol Aktion
Presentation Full screen on
Go to next/previous slide
Sociogram Type of relationship
Add new Person/Figure
System image (constellation) Add new Person/Figure
Ressource tree Select new tree
Inner team Select new shilouette
Add inner team member
Image gallery Show next/previous image
To-do list Create new To-do
Download contents
Switch to the next page if more tasks are available than are displayed
Business Process Add Sequence Flow
Add process start, ending
Add Task
Add Gateway
Conflict triangle, Problem resolution triangle Add name of the conflict/problem
Add support
Add saw

The toolbar offers the following functions:

  • Select a background

  • Add a geometric figure

  • Adding a text card in different colours

  • Switch pointer mode:

    Possibility to move selected objects

    Possibility to point to elements with a laser pointer
    In "Draw" mode, the current pen colour and thickness is used to draw on the whiteboard. In "Mark object" mode, objects can be marked and then moved/deleted/scaled.

  • Select pen colour and thickness

  • After selecting an object: Copy object

  • After selecting an object: Move object to the foreground.

  • After selecting an object: Move the object to the background.

  • After selecting an object: Edit object.

  • After selecting an object: Delete object.

The workspace also has the following properties:

  • Any number of objects can be added to the workspace.

  • Objects can be selected by clicking with the mouse. Marked objects have eight points and one pivot point (=small blue squares).

  • After selecting, objects can be moved with the mouse using drag'n'drop. with the mouse.

  • The touch points after selecting allow the object to be scaled.

  • Added text cards are always displayed in the same place (top left) on the whiteboard. If two cards are inserted one after the other, newer cards cover the older cards. To see the older cards, the newer cards must be moved.