Nathan and Goyo,

Buffer worked perfect.  My problem was using fifteen other application that 
call that an “outline"

Another one for you both.  How do I set "map units" as a default in all the 
Dialogs instead of “mm"??

bobb


On Dec 15, 2015, at 3:21 PM, Nathan Woodrow 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:


Bob,

QGIS has had buffer options on the labels for a while now. Just add a buffer 
with the colour you want for the outline is all you need.  No need to copy the 
data or anything like that.

Nathan

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015 6:00 am Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
All,

Any option in QGIS for outlining Labels?  I’ve sort of got a trick working by 
adding a layer twice (see side note below).  This isn’t good for long term 
editing of the data files (I have to edit both SHP files, or edit one, and copy 
to the new name again.  Hmm, on Linux, does QGIS follow soft links correctly?


SIDENOTE:  Why do I need to copy a SHP file to a new name in order to use the 
same data file but with different styling.  I would have figured I could rename 
the layer in QGIS and then add the same datafile again, but alas, it gets mixed 
up when the same data file is used more than once.  I stacked the same layer on 
top of itself but with a slightly large text size on the bottom (background) in 
order to display a colored outline of the Label/Text.

Thanks

bobb


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