DeLorme Street Atlas USA Plus 2012 User's Guide Page 187

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Using the Draw Tools
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8. Click the Paste button
under Edit Symbol. The copied image is pasted into the
current symbol in the Symbol Editing Grid. Drag the pasted piece into the place you
want it within the current symbol.
OR
To create a new symbol with the copied image, click New under Symbols in Set to
clear the Symbol Editing Grid, and then click the Paste button to add the pasted
image into the grid.
Note You can assign a new symbol name for the symbol to help locate it under the
Find tab in the DeLorme mapping program. To assign a symbol name to the current
symbol, type a name or phrase in the Symbol Name text box under Edit Symbol.
9. Click OK when finished.
Notes
To undo an action, click the Undo button
under Edit Symbol.
To repeat an action, click the Redo button
under Edit Symbol.
Pasting a Bitmap into XSym
You can copy a bitmap or part of a bitmap to the clipboard and paste the image into
DeLorme XSym to use as a symbol. Ideally, the pasted bitmap should be 24 x 24 pixels in
size. You can assign a new symbol name for the symbol to help locate it under the Find tab
in the DeLorme mapping program.
To Paste a Bitmap into XSym
Use the following steps to paste a bitmap into XSym.
1. Click the Draw tab.
2. Click and hold the Symbol/MapNote/Text Label/Image tool
to view its hidden options. Select the Symbol tool
.
3. Under Symbols, select the symbol set that contains the symbol you want to edit.
4. Click Edit.
The DeLorme XSym dialog box opens.
5. Under Symbols in Set, click New to clear the Symbol Editing Grid.
6. Open a bitmap in another image editing program, and select the bitmap or a part of
the bitmap you want to copy. Press CTRL+C on your keyboard to copy the selection
to the clipboard.
7. Click the Paste button
under Edit Symbol.
The copied image is pasted into the current symbol in the Symbol Editing Grid. See
important Notes below.
8. Use the tools in the Draw Tool Box and under Transparency and Anchor
to edit the
symbol.
To undo the last action, click the Undo button under Edit Symbol.
To repeat the last action, click the Redo button
under Edit Symbol.
9. To assign a symbol name to the current symbol, type a name or phrase in the
Symbol Name text box under Edit Symbol.
10. Click OK when finished.
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