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The Overlays dialog

This is how the Overlays dialog will appear when SIS is first started and no overlays are present in the dataset.

This topic gives an overview of the six tabs used in the Overlays dialog. These tabs are:

Click on the tab name in the above list for a description of the tab.

Accessing and using the Overlays dialog

To display the Overlays dialog, do one of the following:

Click on Overlays [Home-Map]
press F2 when the focus is in the map window
choose Overlays... from the default local menu (click the right-hand mouse button in the map window with no items selected)
select Overlays... from the local menu of a SIS Workspace Definition (SWD) on the Maps Control Bar.

You can use the Overlays dialog to:

select which datasets are used in the current SWD
add further overlays to those used in the current SWD
set up and control the properties of overlays, e.g. to assign overlay pens and brushes, to rename overlays, to assign notes to them, to control the display of items on the overlay, etc.
create user overlays
create schemas and themes

When applying changes using any of the tabs in the Overlays dialog, you must select the relevant overlay prior to changing it.

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