button is pressed on the main toolbar).
The style of a stream is a collection of attributes that dictate the stream’s appearance on the flowsheet and on paper (when printed). These attributes are:
● The stream’s line (thickness, style, color)
● The name tag’s characteristics (visibility, font, color, frame line, etc.)
● The name tag’s location preference (with respect to the stream’s segments)
● The info tag’s frame line (visibility, font, color, content, etc.)
● The info tag’s location preference (with respect to the stream’s segments)
When a new stream is created, the system displays the stream using the default stream style (see Default Style for Process Elements). There are two sets of default stream styles: one for bulk streams and one for discrete streams. The choices for the default stream styles can be modified by selecting the Edit } Process Options } Preferences } Default Styles } Bulk Streams (for bulk streams) and Edit } Process Options } Preferences } Default Styles } Discrete Streams (for discrete streams) from the main menu (when nothing is selected). As a shortcut, you can pick the same options from the flowsheet’s context menu.
If you wish to set a specific stream’s attribute (e.g. its line color) to something other than the default color, then select the Style } Edit Style option from the right-click (context) menu of that stream. From that moment forward, all of the stream’s style attributes will stay fixed to your settings and will not follow the default settings (even if the default settings are modified). If later it is no longer desirable to have a stream’s style be an exception, you can instruct the program to revert to the default style for all streams of that type. This is done by selecting the Style } Use Default option from the context menu of the stream.
Oftentimes, after a user has tweaked a stream’s style to his/her liking, he/she may wish to copy the entire style of that stream and apply it to several others. Instead of selecting Style } Edit Style for each stream and manually set the styles to your liking, the application offers a great shortcut (see below):
► To copy-and-apply a stream’s style to others...
1. Make sure you are in select mode (the button is pressed on the main toolbar).
2. Select the stream whose style you wish to copy (click once on its line)
3. Select Style } Pickup Style from its context menu, or simply click on the 
button of the visual object toolbar (see Visual Objects Toolbar).
4. Select the target stream(s) that you wish to acquire the same style. Select the first stream by clicking on it, then add more streams (if desired) by clicking on them while holding the Shift key down.
5. Select the Style } Apply Style from the command menu of any of the target streams, or click on the 
button of the visual object toolbar (see Visual Objects Toolbar).