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Drawing features using graduated and unique symbols

Using images as symbols

Setting the scale dependency of symbols and renderers

Adding renderers and symbols

expand/collapse item About using one symbol

The One Symbol classification displays all the features in a layer with the same color and style. When you add a layer, it is displayed using One Symbol.

Use the Symbols tab in the Layer Properties dialog box to change the symbol color and style. You can also change the symbol size for point and line layers and the outline color, style, and width for polygon layers.

expand/collapse item How to create one symbol

expand/collapse item Drawing point and line features using one symbol

  1. Click a point or line layer in the legend to make it active.
  2. Click the Layer Properties button Layer Properties on the Author toolbar to open the Layer Properties dialog box.
  3. Click the Symbols tab.

    One Symbol is selected by default.

  4. Click the Style dropdown arrow and click a style.
  5. Click the Color dropdown arrow and click a color.
  6. Click the Size arrows to change the symbol size, or type a value in the Size text box.
  7. Click OK to apply your changes and to close the Layer Properties dialog box.

expand/collapse item Drawing polygon features using one symbol

  1. Click a polygon layer in the legend to make it active.
  2. Click the Layer Properties button Layer Properties on the Author toolbar to open the Layer Properties dialog box.
  3. Click the Symbols tab. One Symbol is selected by default.
  4. Click the Style dropdown arrow, and click a style.
  5. Click the Color dropdown arrow, and click a color.
  6. On the Outline panel, click the Style dropdown arrow, and click a style.

    To make polygon features appear without outlines, check Remove Outline on the Symbols tab of the Layer Properties dialog box.

  7. Click the Color dropdown arrow, and click a color.
  8. Click the Width arrows to change the width of the outline, or type a value in the Width text box.
  9. Click OK to apply your changes and to close the dialog box.

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Setting the scale dependency of symbols

In some cases it is better to make symbols scale dependent so that they only appear when the user is zoomed in to a preset scale range. To set the visible scale range, see Setting the scale dependency of symbols and renderers.

Choosing colors for symbols

When you click the Color dropdown arrow, a short list of colors appears. Click Custom to open the Color Chooser, which offers a much broader selection of colors.


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