Using the Drawing and Editing Commands - MapInfo_Pro - 2023

Places point symbols (push pins) on your map. See Drawing Symbols.

Adds titles, labels, and annotations to maps and layouts. You can also use the Text command to rotate text with its edit handle.

Draws straight lines. See Drawing Straight Lines.

Draws polylines, which are a connected sequence of lines that are not closed. See Drawing a Polyline.

Draws an arc the size and shape of one quarter of an ellipse. After creating an arc, you can reshape it to the desired size. See Drawing an Arc.

Draws polygons one side at a time. See Drawing a Polygon.

Draws elliptical and round objects. See Drawing an Ellipse or Circle.

Draws rectangles and squares. See Drawing a Rectangle.

Reshape an object and align objects with each another. Regions, polylines, lines, arcs, and rectangles all have nodes that can be attached (or snapped) to each other. MapInfo Pro automatically snaps the cursor to a node or centroid when the cursor comes within the snap tolerance of the node. For details, see Using "Snap To" to Select Nodes and Centroids.

Edits regions, polylines, lines, and points by moving, adding, and deleting nodes that define line segments. You can also copy and paste selected nodes to create new polylines. Reshape is very useful when you are creating sales territories or other merged boundaries. For example, you are merging postal boundaries to create school districts. Some postal boundaries fall into more than one school district. Use the Reshape command to reshape the school district to incorporate a section of the postal boundary. See Reshaping Map Objects

Adds a node to regions, polylines, and arcs. (You can add nodes when the Reshape command is in effect.) Adding nodes can give more precision to your object.

Opens the Symbol Style dialog box where you can change display symbols and specify attributes for symbols. The attributes you can specify are size, color, and symbol type. You can change the attributes of existing symbols and specify attributes for new point objects before you create them. The point objects must reside, or be created in an editable layer.

Opens the Line Style dialog box where you can set the line type, thickness and color of line objects (lines, arcs and polylines) and borders of closed objects. You can also change the type, thickness and color of objects you are editing.

Opens the Region Style dialog box where you can change the color, pattern, and borderline style of closed objects. You can also change the color and pattern of objects you are currently editing.