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5. Select the symbol to remove from the symbol selection.

The symbol displays in the Symbol Editing Grid.

6. Click Remove.

The symbol disappears from the symbol selection under Symbols in Set and the

next symbol within the selection displays in the Symbol Editing Grid.

7. Click OK when finished.

Symbol Editing Tools

Draw Tool Box

DeLorme XSym has a Draw Tool Box that lets you create and edit symbols within the

Symbol Editing Grid independently of the DeLorme mapping program. The tools provided

help you to create unique symbols to add to your map.

The following are the tools available in the Draw Tool Box.

Pencil—Draw freehand lines within the grid.

Line—Draw lines by clicking and dragging to the end point you want within the

grid.

Ellipse—Create an ellipse by clicking and dragging until you achieve the size or

shape of the ellipse you want.

Filled Ellipse—Create a filled ellipse by clicking and dragging until you achieve

the size or shape of the filled ellipse you want.

Rectangle—Create a rectangle by clicking and dragging until you achieve the

size of the rectangle you want.

Filled Rectangle—Create a filled rectangle by clicking and dragging until you

achieve the size of the filled rectangle you want.

Fill—Use the fill tool to fill an area of the grid with a color chosen from the color

palette.

Select—Use select to choose an area of the symbol to copy from the Symbol

Editing Grid and then paste into the same symbol or another symbol in the grid.

Using the Transparency Option

The transparency option in DeLorme XSym lets you display a selected color as transparent

in the final symbol image you place on a map within a DeLorme mapping program. For

example, you may want to view the symbol object without the square of the surrounding

background color. You would then select the background color to appear transparent.

To Make Part of a Symbol Transparent

Use the following steps to make part a symbol transparent.

1. Click the Draw tab.