To change the style of a symbol:
- Do one of the following:
- To change the style of one symbol, right-click on the symbol and choose Make Selection Editable. From the STYLE tab, toggle the Apply Style command on and choose Symbol Style from the Style group.
- To change the style of all symbols in the same layer, first make the layer editable in the Layers or Explorer windows. Double-click the layer to open the Layer Properties dialog box. On the Layer Display tab click the Style Override swatch.
Using either method the Symbol Style dialog box displays.
This dialog box includes a Preview button when launched the from the Symbol Style command on the STYLE tab..
Note: The options in this dialog box may be different based on the symbol(s) you selected.
- Complete your selections and entries in this dialog box and click OK.
- Font - Choose a font from the drop-down list. In addition to the symbol sets, the list displays any fonts installed on Windows. The Custom Symbols category lists those bitmaps you have created and saved to the CUSTSYMB directory.
- Size - Choose a size or type a different point size. The maximum size is 240 points.
- Symbol - Choose a symbol type from the symbol palette.
- Color - Choose a color from this list for the symbol.
- Reload - Click this button when you have added your own custom symbols to update the list. If you restarted MapInfo Pro since adding the new custom symbols you do not need to select the Reload button.
- Full View - Click this button to display large images in a separate window.
- Rotation Angle - Specify number of degrees the symbol should be rotated; 0-360.
- Background - In this box, you can specify a background. Select one of these:
None: Click this option to display no background.
Halo: Click this option to display the symbol with a white border outline.
Border: Click this option to display the symbol with a black border outline.
- Effects - In this box, you can specify special effects for the symbol. Not all of these options display all the time. You can select one or more of these:
Bold: Click this check box to draw the symbol in boldface.
Drop Shadow: Click this check box to draw a drop shadow under the symbol.
Show Background: Click this check box to display the custom bitmap symbol with the background with which it was created.
Apply Color: Click this check box to replace all non-white bitmap pixels with the color you select from the Color palette.
Display at Actual Size: Click this check box to display the image at the actual size.
- Sample - When you select a symbol style, it displays in this box to show you a sample of the symbol using the designated selections.