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TorearrangetheWBStree,P6providesfourdirectionalarrowicons ,whichtheusercanclicktomoveaselectedWBSelementtothedesiredlocationwithintheWBStree.Forasimplerestructuringoftheelements,thismethodissufficient.However,whenthereexistsalargestructurethatneedstobemanipulatedortherearehundredsofprojectsinaportfoliothatneedtobesorted,thereisamoreefficientmethodtomanagetheelements. 1. FirststepistoselecttheWBSelementthatneedstoberepositioned.
• Inthisinstance,theWBSelement“KeyMilestones:0157-A”hasbeenselected.
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2. Next,holddowntheCtrlkeyandthenpushthedownarrowkeyonceonthekeyboard.
• Theresultisthat“KeyMilestones:0157-A”isrepositionedbelow“Scoping.”
3. ThepreviousstepisonlyslightlymoreresourcefulthanthestandardclickiconsthatP6providestheuser,
however,therealefficiencyofthismethodcomeswhentheuserholdsdownonthedownarrowkeyratherthanjuststrikingitonetime.ByholdingdowntheCtrlkey,followedbythedownarrowkey,ausercanmoveaWBSelementfromthetopofthetreetothebottominamatterofsecondsascomparedtomultipleclicksofthemouse-savingvaluabletimeandeffort.Theelement“KeyMilestones:0157-A”canbemovedtothetoponceagainbysimplyholdingdowntheCtrlkeythenholdingdowntheuparrowkey.
4. ItwasdemonstratedhowtomoveanelementverticallywithinaWBStree,butthissamemethodcanbe
appliedwhentheuserwantstomoveanelementhorizontally,withtheonlydifferencebeingthatinsteadofpressingthedownarrowkey,theuserwouldpresseithertherightorleftarrowkey.
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Summary SortingelementsorprojectsintheWBShasthepotentialtobeatediousandtimeconsumingtask,butwiththissimpletiptheusercanaccomplishthevitaldutyofWBSmanagementinnotime.
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