iObeya User Guide Configuring Your Room

Adding Boards and Organizing Your Room

Your wall is read from left to right and from top to bottom.

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Your wall is read in the same way as a wall on which you display visual boards.

  1. Access your room.

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    All rooms to which you have access are listed on the left.

  2. To configure your room, click Configure the room.

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Example of an empty room

Adding Boards

Click New boards, then drag and drop a board to the blue zone.

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Note

The default size of the planning board is 3A0.

Tip

If you want to change its size refer to: Changing the Size of a Board.

See the Board Size Chart section for more information about the board sizes.

Naming and Configuring Boards

Enter a name for your board, then modify its background.

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Adding Several Boards

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These allow you to organize the content of your wall and the flow of your Visual Management meetings.

Adding and Naming Categories

Drag and drop categories to organize the room and identify the main sections of your Visual Management room.

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Click Done.

Configuring Rooms

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Moving an Element Within Your Room

Tap and hold a board or a category to move these elements.

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Editing a Room Element

Click a board or a category to access their contextual menu.

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Changing the Size of a Board

  1. From the contextual menu, click Change parameters.
  2. Click Size.
  3. Select a new format.
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Tip

You can decrease board size only if the area across the bottom and down the right is empty.

See the Board Size Chart section for more information about the board sizes.

Duplicating a Board

  1. From the Room configuration, click a board.
  2. From the contextual menu, click Duplicate.
  3. Rename your new board.
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Tip

By duplicating your board, you also duplicate the tools it contains.

Returning to your Room

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Return to your room once everything is in place!

To do so, once you have finished to modify your room, click Done.

Board Size Chart

This sections lists the different board formats available in iObeya and their size in millimeters, inches and pixels.

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Landscape

Format A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 2A0 3A0 4A0 5A0 Double 3A0 Double 4A0 Double 5A0
mm 300 x 210 420 x 300 594 x 424 841 x 600 1200 x 840 1778 x 1270 2667 x 1270 3556 x 1270 4445 x 1270 2667 x 2575.3 3556 x 2575.3 4445 x 2575.3
inch 11.8 x 8.2 16.5 x 11.8 23.3 x 16.6 33.1 x 23.6 47.2 x 33.0 70.0 x 50.0 105.0 x 50.0 140.0 x 50.0 175.0 x 50.0 105.0 x 101.39 140.0 x 101.39 175.0 x 101.39
px 850 x 595 1190 x 850 1683 x 1201 2383 x 1700 3401 x 2381 5040 x 3600 7560 x 3600 10080 x 3600 12600 x 3600 7560 x 7300 10080 x 7300 12600 x 7300

Portrait

Format A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 2A0 3A0
mm 210 x 300 300 x 420 424 x 594 600 x 841 840 x 1200 1270 x 1778 1270 x 2667
inch 8.2 x 11.8 11.8 x 16.5 16.6 x 23.3 23.6 x 33.1 33.0 x 47.2 50.0 x 70.0 50.0 x 105.0
px 595 x 850 850 x 1190 1201 x 1683 1700 x 2383 2381 x 3401 3600 x 5040 3600 x 7560

Number of elements by board

Format A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 2A0 3A0 4A0 5A0 Double 3A0 Double 4A0 Double 5A0
small note 5 x 6 8 x 8 11 x 12 16 x 17 22 x 24 32 x 34 48 x 34 64 x 34 80 x 34 48 x 68 64 x 68 80 x 68
medium note 5 x 4 8 x 5 11 x 8 16 x 11 22 x 16 32 x 22 48 x 22 64 x 22 80 x 34 48 x 48 64 x 48 80 x 48
large note 2 x 2 3 x 3 4 x 5 6 x 7 9 x 10 12 x 15 19 x 15 25 x 15 31 x 15 19 x 30 25 x 30 31 x 30
large card 2 x 2 3 x 2 4 x 5 6 x 5 9 x 8 12 x 11 19 x 11 25 x 11 31 x 11 19 x 22 25 x 22 31 x 22