A legend can be displayed that explains the meaning of each colour used to draw shapes in the Shape Window. The location and style of the legend can be adjusted using the commands in the Legend submenu.

To turn on or off the display of a legend within the Shape Window.

§    Choose Visible from the Legend submenu under the Display menu, or

§    Click the Legend button on the Symbols toolbar

Note that for most colour schemes the contents of the legend is dynamic as will reflect only the colour used within the Shape Window. In such cases a legend will not be visible until colour has been used.

A feature of the legend is that it can be used to select all the shapes that correspond to a particular menu item. To set the selection to all the shapes corresponding to a particular legend item simply double click on the text within the legend associated with that item. Holding down shift or control while double clicking on the legend item will extend the current selection.

The position of the legend can be set to any corner of the Shape Window. To display the legend in the bottom right hand corner of the window

§    Choose Bottom Right from the Legend submenu under the Display menu, or

§    Right click on the legend and choose Bottom Right from the popup menu

A similar procedure can be followed to display the legend in any corner of the screen using the commands in the Legend submenu.

The style of the font used to draw the title of the legend can be set by the used. To modify the style of the title font

§    Choose Title Font from the Legend submenu under the Display menu, or

§    Right click on the legend and chose Title Font from the popup menu

§    Specify the required colour style in the Font dialog.

§    Click OK

The style of the font used to draw the text of each item in the legend can be set by the used. To modify the style of this font

§    Choose Font from the Legend submenu under the Display menu, or

§    Right click on the legend and chose Font from the popup menu

§    Specify the required colour style in the Font dialog.

§    Click OK

Note that the same colour is used to draw both the item text and the title. Changing the colour of either font will change the colour of the other text.

The user can modify the colour corresponding to a particular item in the legend. To modify the colours associated with an items in the legend

§    Choose Item Colour from the Legend submenu under the Display menu, or

§    Right click on the legend and chose Item Colour from the popup menu

or

§    Select the legend item to be modified

§    To change the colour of the selected item, click on the Colour box in the top left hand corner

§    Choose a new colour from the Colour dialog

§    Click OK

The colour of a particular legend item can also be modified by double clicking of the colour box associated with that item in the legend.