You can also change a background color in your layout. Select the windows in the layout, click on the icons to change polygon properties and choose a color. The results will depend on the layers you have... For example, if you don't have an "ocean layer" you can set the background to your favourite blue. The land mass will keep their layer colors and you have your water without making an extra layer. This method has advantages and draw back. The main advantage is you don't have to make a layer that may change the projection of your window.
GH -----Original Message----- From: Hughes, Colleen / Don Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 08:45 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 'Possberg, Hendrik' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI-L Background colour of Mapwindow I just changed my preferences for display in Windows, but I like this suggestion better. Creates the background colour for maps at the same time. Don Mitchell -----Original Message----- From: David Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 7, 2004 5:26 AM To: Mapinfo-List (E-Mail) (E-Mail); Possberg, Hendrik Subject: Re: MI-L Background colour of Mapwindow On 7 Oct 2004 at 10:37, Possberg, Hendrik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is it possible to change the background colour of a map from bright white > into another colour (e.g grey, brown or yellow.) I think this would be more > pleasant for my eyes. For all our maps we have a bottom layer of ocean.tab which just consists of a WGS-84 map of the entire world +/-180� and +/-90� as a rectangle. We colour the map in the table a nice light blue and use that as the base layer for any maps we create. It has another advantage as it is the first layer, and is WGS-84, so if anyone brings in other tables on top, the whole map is still in WGS-84 which is what our application (GPS tracking) requires. Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13621 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13625 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13628
