Formatting a Database Diagram

You can format the database diagram in a number of convenient ways. You can:

• Automatically rearrange the database diagram to display the table or tables you want to work on.
• Automatically rearrange the entire diagram in a way that best displays all the tables and their relationships.

  This is especially useful if you have moved the tables in the diagram or added new tables, and want to clean up the layout of the diagram.

• Put notes into the diagram to describe the diagram and its objects.
• These can include headings, descriptions of the tables and their contents, and any other information you want to place in the diagram. You can use annotations to describe the relationships between tables in the diagram.
• Display a label for all relationship lines in a database diagram automatically.
• Change the zoom level of the database diagram to control how much of the diagram you can see on the screen at one time.

To arrange all tables in a database diagram automatically

To arrange selected tables in a database diagram automatically

To add annotations to a database diagram

To change the font of the annotation

To arrange the text annotation in a database diagram

To add labels to relationship lines in a database diagram

To rename relationship labels

To view a label for a specific relationship line

To zoom a database diagram

To zoom to a selected object