§6 Map properties and settings

This section describes the Map Properties dialog and the tabs of the Map Settings dialog, both on the Edit menu.

Map properties

Map Properties... opens the Map Properties dialog, which records the map's Title, Author, Description, and History.

Map Settings... opens the Map Settings dialog, which has six tabs: Colors, Grid & Lines, Rooms, Fonts, Advanced, and Regions.

The Colors tab sets the colors used throughout the map.
The Grid & Lines tab sets the Grid size, Show grid, Snap to grid, Show origin, Line width, Arrow size, and Text offset.
The Rooms tab sets defaults for new rooms, such as the Default room name and Default room shape.
The Fonts tab chooses the Room name font, Subtitle font, Object list font, and Connection text font.
The Advanced tab sets the Handle size, Snap-to-element distance, whether to Use document-specific margins (with a Horizontal margin and Vertical margin), and Wrap text at dashes.
The Regions tab manages the map's regions.

Restore Default Map Settings on the Tools menu returns these settings to their defaults.

Application Settings... on the Tools menu edits per-user preferences that are stored on the computer rather than in the map.