The Style preferences allow you to preset the look of your objects regions, text, and lines.
To set the default style preferences:
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On the PRO tab, click Options, and Styles to open the Styles Preferences dialog box.
When you set the text styles you are also setting the label styles.
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Set your preferences style preferences for:
- Default Object Styles
Click the Region, Symbol, Line, and Text Labels buttons to set these style options. These selections will serve to create the default settings for these style elements.
- Enhanced Rendering Defaults for New Windows
Click the Enable Enhanced Rendering check box to apply anti-aliasing and object translucency options.
Smooth Text & Labels - Use this drop-down list to select Anti-Aliasing to smooth your labels and text.
Smooth Images - Use this drop-down list to select High Quality, Low Quality, or None for smoothing all images.
Smooth Lines & Borders - Use this drop-down list to select Anti-Aliasing to smooth your lines and borders.
- Highlight Control
Click this button to specify the Line, Region, and Multipoint styles of selected and target objects, as well as highlighting specifications in the Map window. Additionally, specify the style of selected and target multipoint objects. The default settings are shown in the Style boxes of the Highlight Control group. Click one of the boxes to display the corresponding style dialog box and change its settings.
Translucency - Use this slider to set the translucency for your objects.
- Default Find Style
Symbol - Click this button to set the default symbol style for tasks when selecting Find on the TABLE and MAPtabs. In the Symbol Style dialog box, select the new symbol style and click OK to save it.
- Show reference grid for style pickers - Click this check box to display reference grids on the style picker dialog boxes. This option allows you to refer to a particular style based on the intersection of the column letters and row numbers. Clear this check box to stop the reference grids from displaying.
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Click OK to close the dialog and save your settings.
For more information, see Inserting Styles into Tables.
For more information, see Inserting Styles into Tables in the MapInfo Pro: Getting Started Guide.
