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If you do not know the identification number for a third-party GPS device's
waypoint, import the waypoint file into the mapping application. Then, use one
of the two methods below to learn the waypoint ID:
Open the symbol set that holds the waypoint and view the waypoint's ID
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number in XSym.
Click the Info tool on the toolbar and click the symbol on the map.
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The waypoint ID displays in the Info tab.
Editing a Symbol
With DeLorme XSym, you can edit an existing symbol in a symbol set (.dim) file and
save the change or save it as a new symbol to be added to another symbol set. You
can assign a new category name for the symbol to help locate it under the Find tab
in the DeLorme mapping program.
To Edit a Symbol
Use the following steps to edit a symbol.
1. Click the Draw tab.
2. Click and hold the Symbol/MapNote/Text Label/Image 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. Select the symbol you want to edit from the symbol selection of the default
symbol set or from another symbol set you have created. The symbol displays
in the Symbol Editing Grid.
6. Use the tools in the Draw Tool Box and under Transparency and Anchor to
edit the 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
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 you assign a name to a symbol in a symbol set, each occurrence
of that symbol you place on the map retains the new symbol name in addition
to the default symbol name of "symbol."
8. Click OK when finished.
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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
Finding a Custom Symbol
to view its hidden options. Select the Symbol tool
Using the Draw Tools
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under Edit Symbol.
under Edit Symbol.
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