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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Assign stock overview</div>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/stock_overview.html');return(false);">Stock Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Options</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/nested_stock.html');return(false);">Related Topics</a></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Use <b class="uiTerm">Assign Stock</b> to assign a particular type of stock to one or more routing segments. You will use a selection step listing for creating new stock and overstock.
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      <p class="para_topic">Select the<b class="uiTerm">New</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/329icon1..gif" border="0"> button in the <b class="uiTerm">Stock</b> dialog box. If you select a single stock or overstock in the <b class="uiTerm">Stock</b> list, then you can use this stock type as the stock type to assign, which is the first selection step.
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      <p class="para_topic">There are two selection steps:</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Step Number</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Type</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Step 1</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Stock Type</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Step 2</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Path</b></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">There are two additional steps involved in the assignment of overstock. These additional steps appear if the stock type to assign is an overstock type. You can find further descriptions of these steps at  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('routingtools/stock_overstock_opt.html');return(false);">Assign Stock&ndash;Overstock</a>.
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      <div class="title_division">Step 1 and Step 2:</div>
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               <p class="para_td">State</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Enters the dialog box.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Cue</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Step 1: Select stock type.</p>
               <p class="para_td">For Step 2: Select segments.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Status</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Use <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ico_t_next.gif" border="0"> to progress to the next step.
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               <p class="para_td">Step 1:</p>
               <p class="para_td">If you select a single row in the <b class="uiTerm">Stock</b> dialog box when the <b class="uiTerm">Assign Stock</b> option is chosen, then that stock is used as the default for Step 1. The name of the stock type appears in the <b class="uiTerm">Stock Type</b> label.
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               <p class="para_td">If a stock was previously selected for assignment, that stock is shown as the default for assignment.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Step 2:</p>
               <p class="para_td">Any segments selected in the <b class="uiTerm">Stock</b> dialog box when you enter <b class="uiTerm">Assign Stock</b>, are used as the selected segments for this step. Select the <b class="uiTerm">Clear Selection</b> option to remove these segments from your segment selection list, allowing you to re&ndash;select the segments to which to assign stock to.
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               <p class="para_td">If you complete Step 1 and 2, then <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> is sensitive (unless overstock is being assigned &ndash; see below). You must define a stock type to complete Step 1. You must select at least one segment to complete Step 2.
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               <p class="para_td">Both <b class="uiTerm">Back</b> and <b class="uiTerm">Cancel</b> exits the dialog box and return to the previous dialog box.
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               <p class="para_td">Visibility</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Steps 1 and 2 are always visible. If you assign an overstock, additional steps are necessary.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Sensitivity</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">OK</b> is only sensitive if both Steps 1 and 2 are complete. All other items are sensitive.
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               <p class="para_td">Selection</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Step 1, you may select an existing stock from the graphics window to determine that stock type to be assigned.</p>
               <p class="para_td">For Step 2, select the segments to which to assign the stock according to the routing path selection method chosen. </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Standard selection enables the selection of individual segments. </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Path selection enables selection of two segments only. The path between these two segments is determined, and the segments along the path are selected for stock assignment.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Branch selection enables the selection of a single segment. The branch that this segment is a part of is determined. The segments along the branch are selected for stock assignment.</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Routing selection enables the selection of a single segment. All connected segments to the selected segment (either directly or indirectly) are added to the list of selected segments.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For Step 1:</p>
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                     <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Choose Stock</b> launches the <b class="uiTerm">Specify Item</b> dialog box. Choose a stock in this dialog box to enter any <b class="uiTerm">Required</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Optional</b> characteristics necessary. Choose <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> to return to the <b class="uiTerm">Assign Stock</b> dialog box.
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                     <p class="para_item">If the chosen stock has anchors defined, the <b class="uiTerm">Anchor</b> menu lets you choose which anchor should align with the path segments.
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               <p class="para_td">For Step 2:</p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Selecting one of the  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/select_icon.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Standard</b>,  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/select2.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Paths</b>,  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/select3.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Branch</b>, or  <img align="bottom" src="graphics/select4.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Routing</b> changes the selection for Step 2 to follow the behavior specified in the <b class="uiTerm">Selection</b> section above. If you selected segments while in the <b class="uiTerm">Stock</b> dialog box, use these segments as the initial selection for Step 1.
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                     <p class="para_item"><b class="uiTerm">Clear Selection</b> deselects all selected segments.
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                     <p class="para_item">The <b class="uiTerm">Remove Existing Stock</b> option will cause the removal of the stock along the selected segments. This option has no effect when assigning overstock, and so it is not sensitive.
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                     <p class="para_item">The Path arrows are sensitive when you use the <b class="uiTerm">Path</b> method to select segments and there is more than one path connecting the two segments you have selected. In this case, the arrows let you choose the path.
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               <p class="para_td">Choosing <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> assigns the selected stock to the selected segments and returns you to the <b class="uiTerm">Stock</b> dialog box. The newly assigned stocks are listed and highlighted in the dialog box.
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      <p class="para_division">An undo marker is set just before each <b class="uiTerm">OK</b> operation. When you create a new stock the label for <b class="uiTerm">Undo</b> is <b class="uiTerm">Assign Stock</b>. <b class="uiTerm">Undo</b> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/undo.gif" border="0"> disables while in the <b class="uiTerm">Assign Stock</b> dialog box.
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