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2. Click and hold the Symbol/MapNote/Text Label/Image tool
3. Under Symbols, select the symbol set you want to add your new symbol to
from the drop-down list OR select New to create a new symbol set.
4. Under Symbols, click Edit to display the DeLorme XSym dialog box.
5. Under Symbols in Set, click New to clear the Symbol Editing Grid.
6. Use the tools in the Draw Tool Box and the tools under Transparency and
Anchor to create the new symbol.
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To undo the last action, click the Undo button
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To repeat the last action, click the Redo button
Symbol.
7. To assign a symbol name to the current symbol, type a name or phrase in the
Symbol Name text box under Edit Symbol.
Note Once a name is assigned to a symbol in a symbol set, each occurrence
of that symbol placed on the map retains the new symbol name in addition to
the default symbol name of "symbol."
8. Click OK when finished.
Notes
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As you create a symbol, an image preview displays to the upper-left of the
Symbol Editing Grid. You can make edits to the symbol in either the Image
Preview or the Symbol Editing Grid. Any edits done in one view are mirrored
in the other view.
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See also: Importing a Bitmap, Copying and Pasting, Pasting a Bitmap into
XSym, Dragging a Bitmap into XSym
GPS Device Custom Symbols
You can use DeLorme XSym to create custom symbol sets for use with your DeLorme
PN-Series GPS device or a compatible third-party GPS device.
If you are assigning waypoint IDs to symbols for a third-party device, use the
Waypoint ID text box (shaded green) to make the assignment. If you are assigning
symbols to use with a PN-Series GPS, click the button in the GPS area (shaded
orange). The image on the button changes based on the symbol you have selected.
PN-Series Devices
You can create a custom symbol set and assign the symbols to the symbols on your
PN-Series GPS.
to view its hidden options. Select the Symbol tool
Using the Draw Tools
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under Edit Symbol.
under Edit
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