Insert a Symbol into a ReportWorks Page

ReportWorks | Tools | Symbol

Use the Symbol menu option or toolbar button to insert a graphic symbol into an existing ReportWorks page. You can insert a symbol from the RockWare symbol library, or you can choose from some generic symbol shapes.

Menu Options

• Symbol Options: Click on the Symbol tab to access these settings.
  • Symbol style: Use the upper drop-down box to select the type of symbol to be inserted.
    • Choose RockWare to access the RockWare symbol library. These symbols are vector (line-based) symbol designs. You can choose the symbol to insert by:
      • Index prompt: You can type in or scroll through the "index" numbers of the symbols in the current library. You'll see the symbol design in the space to the right.
      • Table button: Click here to view the current choices in the Select Symbol window. Click on the desired symbol design and click OK.
        
    • Choose any of the other available symbols for a more generic symbol design, such as Triangle or Filled Circle.
  • Symbol color: Choose a color for the symbol by clicking on the small color box and making your selection. This will comprise the lines of RockWare-library symbols or unfilled generic symbols, or the fill for filled generic symbols.
  • Symbol scaling: Insert a check in the Equal Scales check-box if you want the horizontal-to-vertical aspect of the symbol to remain the same (e.g. circles to remain round, squares square) as you resize the symbol, described below.
  • Layer: Select the layer to which the symbol is to be assigned by clicking on the down-arrow button.
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• Background Fill Options: Click on the Fill tab to access these settings:
  • Stock Fills: If you want the background of the symbol (not the symbol itself) to be filled with a solid color, with no color, or with a "stock" design, click in the Stock Fills radio button. Choose the Fill type using the drop-down box.
    • Solid = solid color fill for the background.
    • None = no fill for the background.
    • Horizontal -> Diagonal = the background will be filled with the selected design.
  • RockWare Patterns:If you want the background of the symbol (again, not the symbol itself) to be filled with one of the patterns in the RockWare pattern library, click in this radio button. Click on the Select button to choose a pattern from the library.
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• Outline Options: Click on the Outline tab to access these settings:
  • Style: Click in this drop-down box to choose the outline style, such as None for no outline, or Dashed for a dashed-line outline.
  • Color: Choose the outline color by clicking in the color box and making your selection.
  • Width: If the style is set to Solid, you can designate a line width by typing in an integer value, with 0 equaling thin lines, widening as the integer increases.
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Step-by-Step Summary

1. Create a new ReportWorks document or open an existing document as necessary.
2. Click on the name of the Layer into which you want to insert the symbol.
3. Click on the Symbol toolbar button or choose the Tools | Symbol menu command.
4. Use your mouse to position the cursor in the page where the symbol is to be placed, and click the left mouse button to insert it. You will see the symbol displayed on the page.
5. Double-click on the symbol to access its settings, or right-click on the symbol and choose Properties.
6. Select the symbol style, fill, outline, etc. as described above, and click Apply to enforce these settings.
7. Click Close to close the Symbol Options window.
8. Resize the symbol as you wish by clicking on one of the corner handles and dragging larger or smaller. If the Equal Scales option was selected, the horizontal-to-vertical aspect of the symbol will remain the same as you resize.
9. Reposition the symbol as you wish by clicking and holding anywhere on the symbol and dragging it to the new location.
   

See also

• Working with layers

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