Canvas menu commands

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Canvas menu commands

The Canvas menu offers the following commands to control settings for the currently shown canvas:

These settings apply only to the currently shown canvas.

 

Map...

Use this menu to configure the background map used on the currently shown canvas.  Opens the Setup Map dialog.

Also used to configure the printout scale for the current canvas

Controls...

Use this menu to configure the behaviour of controls on the currently shown canvas.  Opens the Setup Controls dialog.

Course Overprint Symbols and Dimensions...

Use this menu to configure which IOF standard to use for course overprint symbols and to configure the dimensions for the currently active canvas.  Opens the Course Overprint Symbols dialog.

Add/remove courses on this canvas...

Opens an Active Courses for Canvas dialog to add and/or remove courses on this canvas

Remove current course from this canvas

Removes the currently selected course from the current canvas

Move map...

Use this menu to move the background map relative to the controls, for example if the map for some reason has become misaligned with the controls

Stretch/shrink controls to changed map scale...

Use this menu if you have changed the map file to one at a different scale and you need to scale the control locations to fit the new map

Mask map...

Create a mask that covers the entire map.  This can be used to crop the map, or to show only small pieces of the map.  See more under Masking the map

Show/hide map color layers...

Opens a Map Color Layers dialog to configure if any map color layers should be hidden

Show/hide map symbols...

Opens a Map Symbols dialog to configure if any map color layers should be hidden