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#!CSeaGreen #!N  #!Rcdmtc Creating, 
Deleting, and Moving Tab Connections #!N #!EC #!N #!N To connect 
tabs: #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18*   #!N #!N #!I30 #!N 1. Click 
and hold the mouse button on the output tab. This causes 
the cursor to change to a downward pointing arrow. When the 
cursor is placed over the output tab, the name of the 
tab is displayed in the tool icon. #!N #!I30 #!N 2. 
While pressing the mouse button, drag the cursor to the desired 
input tab. While you are dragging the cursor from the output 
tab, a white line appears indicating that a connection is being 
created. #!N #!I30 #!N 3. When you enter the area encompassing 
a tool icon, the tabs that are compatible with the output 
tab you are trying to connect will change color. When the 
cursor is placed over an input tab, the name of the 
tab is displayed in the tool icon. #!N Note: You can 
also connect tabs by starting at the input tab. Simply press 
and hold the mouse button on the desired input tab; this 
causes the cursor to change to an upward pointing arrow. Drag 
the cursor to the desired output tab. When the cursor enters 
the area encompassing a tool icon, the output tabs that are 
compatible with the input tab will change color. #!N #!N #!I30 
#!N 4. Place the pointer over the input tab you want 
and release the mouse button. If you release the mouse button 
in the rectangle area of the icon, the line automatically connects 
to the leftmost of the newly colored tabs. #!N #!N When 
you release the mouse button, the white temporary line is replaced 
with a black line, and the corresponding tabs fold in. #!N 
Note: Sometimes, when tools are placed too close together on the 
canvas, a connection that you made is not visible. In this 
case, the affected input tabs are still folded in, and a 
dark line is visible on each one, but the connecting line 
is not visible. To correct this, move one of the affected 
tools to another spot on the canvas. #!N #!N #!I0 #!N 
#!EF #!N #!N #!N You can connect an output tab to 
more than one input tab (either on different tool icons or 
on the same tool icon). Therefore, you can make a connection 
from an output tab even though the output tab is folded 
in. #!N #!N An input tab can receive a value from 
only one source, either from a connection to an output tab 
or from a value entered in a Configuration dialog box. Once 
an input tab folds in, you cannot make a new connection 
to the tab until the tab is released. #!N #!N Because 
output tabs can have multiple destinations, connections can only be moved 
or deleted from an input tab. #!N #!N To delete a 
tab connection: #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18*   #!N #!N #!I30 #!N 1. 
Depress the mouse button on the input tab. #!N #!I30 #!N 
2. Drag the cursor to an empty space on the canvas 
(away from the active area of the tool). A white line 
from the output tab follows the mouse pointer. If you decide 
at this point  #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18*   not #!EF to break the connection, you 
must place the cursor back on the input tab where the 
connection was, and release the mouse button. #!N #!I30 #!N 3. 
Release the mouse button. The connection is deleted and the input 
tab released. #!N #!I0 #!N #!EF #!N #!N #!N To move 
a tab connection: #!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18*   #!N #!N #!I30 #!N 
1. Depress the mouse button on the input tab. #!N #!I30 
#!N 2. Drag the cursor to an empty input tab (one 
that has not already been folded in). #!N #!I30 #!N 3. 
Release the mouse button. The connection is rerouted to the new 
input tab. #!N #!I0 #!N #!EF #!N #!N #!N #!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18*   
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