Associating symbols to styles, screen visualization

You associate symbols to a style while you are defining the style, or later, while editing the style. The association is part of the style's visual properties. After you associate a symbol to a style, you can view the styles on the screen — see Step 6 below.

To associate a symbol to a style

  1. On the Tools menu, click Global Styles.

The Global Styles dialog box appears.

  1. In the Style Name list, select the style to which you want to associate a symbol.
  2. In the style's Visual tab, select the Symbol check box.
  3. Do any of the following:

NOTE: The list offers a set of default symbols loaded along with your installation.

  1. Click OK.
  2. To visualize the symbols on the screen, in the graphical area, right-click, point to Show, and then check Style Symbols.