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Note that it is possible to move selected components as a group

simply by clicking and dragging any of the selected components.

Once you have selected two or more components, the layout options

become active. These are available from the menu but also from the

properties pane on the right (Figure 62).

Figure 62

Simply click the option for the alignment you wish to achieve.

C.3.1.6. Style

Edit Styles

Click ‘Edit Styles’ to open the InstantAtlas Style Editor. This tool lists all

the styles used by the report. Note that most of these can be edited via the

Designer (see below). It is therefore unlikely you will need to use the Style

Editor unless you are making advanced style changes (e.g. adding new

styles or making global style changes).

Palettes

Click ‘Palettes’ if you wish to edit the palettes or colour schemes used to

shade the map features in your dynamic reports. The ‘Map Palettes &

Colour Schemes’ dialog will open. For instructions on how to make

changes please refer to section ‘C.4.4. Editing Map Palettes’.

C.3.1.7. View

Zoom

Hold your mouse pointer over ‘Zoom’ and a list of zoom options will

appear. Choose a new zoom level to zoom into or out of the canvas.

Alternatively, choose ‘Fit’ to make the canvas fit the Designer window.

There are keyboard shortcuts for each zoom level (shown to the right of the

zoom percentage).

Design View

Click ‘Design View’ or press Ctrl + Shift + D to see a preview of your report

within the canvas area of the Designer window. In this view, you can

change the layout of the report, resize, insert and delete components, and

edit styles and properties as required. Select a component then hover over

it to see its position properties displayed in the bottom left corner; the

numbers are in the order of X, Y, Width and Height. Select and drag a

component to see the values change. After editing the General Properties,

Component Properties or any of the Styles, click the refresh button that

appears at the bottom of the properties pane to view those changes in the

designer panel. Please remember to save your edits by going to File then

Save, or by clicking on the save icon.