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If you would like to change the existing symbols, you need to use [http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/ ArcGIS software] to update '''[[IMSMA.mxd]]''' which is located in ''C:\IMSMAng\server\gis\maps'' folder.
==Steps== __NOEDITSECTION__
As an example, Land by Type theme will be used. The use case could be that the users found it difficult to distinguish between Indication, SHA and CHA, therefore they wanted to have different colors for each of them.
<ol><li>This is how the [[Map Display Window]] inside IMSMA looks like before any changes on the .mxd file:
[[Image:Existing_symbol0.png|300px|center]]
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'' Map Display - Before changes''
</div></li>If you would like to change the existing symbols, you need to use ArcGIS software to update <li>Open IMSMA.mxd which is located in ''C:\IMSMAng\server\gis\maps'' folder. As example with ArcMap and go to Land by Type will be usedlayer. The users thought it was difficult Double-click on the symbol that you would like to distinguish between Indication, change (SHA and CHA and therefore wanted to have different colours also).
[[Image:Existing_symbol1.png|250px|center]]
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'' IMSMA layer Land - by Type''
</div><ol><li>Double-click on the symbol that you would like to change (SHA).</li>
<li>The following window displays.</li>
[[Image:Existing_symbol2.png|350px|center]]
'' Marker properties''
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<li>You can change a form, colour, angle, mask etc. For Advanced editing, click on the symbol.</li>Note that the {{note|The size should be the same or bigger than the symbol size for the second Marker layer which is used to display Land which values are not included in the value list.}}</li>
<li>The following window displays.</li>
[[Image:Existing_symbol3.png|500px|center]]
<li>Click on OK to close the Symbol editor.</li>
<li>Click on OK to close the Marker property window.</li>
<li>Apply the same change to the other layers in the same group.
[[Image:Existing_symbol5.png|250px|center]]
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'' IMSMA layer Land - by Type''
</div><li>Apply the same change to the other layers in the same group.</li>
<li>Save the IMSMA.mxd and close ArcMap.</li>
<li>Rename your background mxd. This mxd must '''not''' previously been merged/imported into {{IMSMANG}}. </li>
<li>Import the background map which will be merged with the updated IMSMA.mxd. </li>
<li>Close the IMSMA client and open it again in order to be sure that the Map pane is refreshed.
<li>Verify in Map Display that the changes are applied. Apply the new theme and verify that it looks OK in the Map Pane.
[[Image:Existing_symbol6.png|300px|center]]
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'' Map Display - After changes''
</div><li>Verify in Map Display that the changes are applied and load the new theme and verify that it looks OK in the Map Pane.</li></ol>
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