Editing the cause-effect model
For information about adding elements to the model, see Building the cause-effect model.
Undoing and redoing changes
To undo a change made in the model, click Undo on the Edit menu, or click 
on the toolbar. To redo a change that was undone, click Redo on the Edit menu, or click 
.
To select one or more elements
- On the toolbar, click
. - Do one of the following:
- To select a single model element, click the desired element.
- To select multiple elements, hold down the Shift key while clicking each one. Or use (Pointer) to drag a selection rectangle over an area to select the enclosed elements.
- Right-click the event that you want to change, and then on the shortcut menu click the type of event that you want to change it to:
Undesirable Event 
Event.
To resize, cut, copy, or delete events
- To resize an event, click it, and then drag the sizing handle to make it larger or smaller.
- To Cut or Copy an event, right-click it, and then select the desired option on the shortcut menu. You can right-click anywhere in the model to Paste the event after cutting it or copying it.
- To delete an event from the model, right-click it, and then click
(Delete ).
To reposition individual events, causal links, or AND links in the window
- On the toolbar, click
. - Click and drag the desired model element to a new location.
When you move an event, its links remain attached. However, when you move a link, it is detached from the events.
To modify or delete links
- To edit which events are connected by a link in the model, click the link to select it. Then click and drag one end point of the link to attach it to a different event. Also, if necessary, click and drag the other end point to a different event.
- To delete a causal link or an AND link, right-click the link, and then click (Delete) on the shortcut menu.
To change the color of an event node, a causal link, or an AND link
- Click to select the element whose color you want to change.
- Click
. - In the color palette, click a color to select it.
To change the font of an event label
- Right-click the event node, and then click
(Font Color) on the toolbar. - In the color palette, click a color to select it.
To change the color of the background
- Right-click the background of the graph, and then click (Background Color) on the shortcut menu.
- In the color palette, click a color to select it.
Maintaining model integrity
If you have already selected one or more core problems in your cause-effect model, and if you have already saved solutions that are associated with these problems, editing your model modifies the existing problem statements. Because the problem statements are modified, any associated solutions might become invalid.
Exporting the cause-effect model image to a file
You can export the cause-effect model image (or a selection of its elements) to a file of any of the following types:
- Microsoft Excel (XLSX)
- Microsoft Word (DOCX)
- Comma-delimited (CSV)