Symbol Type:

Select the ILWIS Simple symbols or any installed symbol font; open the list box by clicking it. Windows symbol fonts are for example Symbol, Wingdings, etc.

Symbol ...:

Select a symbol type from the list box: circle, square, diamond, delta up, delta down, plus, minus, or cross.

Fill Color:

For circle, square, diamond, delta up, delta down: select a color to fill the symbols with; open the list box by clicking it. To create your own color, select Custom at the bottom of the drop-down list. To obtain symbols which are not filled, select Transparent from the drop-down list.

Line width:

Specify a value for the line width of the symbols. Line width is expressed in screen pixels.

Color:

Select a color to draw the (outer lines of) symbols; open the list box by clicking it. To create your own color, select Custom at the bottom of the drop-down list, or click the create button.

Symbol box:

In case of a Windows symbol font, select a symbol from the symbol box by clicking it.

Color:

Select a color to draw the symbols; open the list box by clicking it. To create your own color, select Custom at the bottom of the drop-down list, or click the create button.

Stretch:

Select this check box if you want to size the point symbols proportionally to the point values. Specify the stretch range; by default, the 0% interval values are given. When you want to add a legend later on, it is advised to choose round values.

Clear this check box, if you want to display all points with the same size.

Size:

In case of no stretching: Specify a value for the symbol size of all points.

In case of stretching: Specify a symbol size for the smallest value in the stretch range and a symbol size for the largest value in the stretch range.

Linear, Logarithmic:

In case of symbol size stretching, choose between Linear or Logarithmic stretching.

Radius, Area:

In case of symbol size stretching, choose to make the point values proportional to the Radius or to the Area of the symbol.