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Utpala Anand asked how to display an org. chart online in a
vertical format. The solution to this riddle hinges on the
word "online"... why not use hypertext jumps? That is, set
the top levels of the hierarchy into the available space,
then click on each name to jump to that person's subset of
the org. chart? (In general, you'll want to see work groups
at a glance, not the entire chart.) Thus:
President and clicking on C leads to: C
| | | / | \
A B C C1 C2 C3
--Geoff Hart @8^{)}
geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
Disclaimer: If I didn't commit it in print in one of our
reports, it don't represent FERIC's opinion.
