Formatting options

The automatic formatting for objects on the map is determined by the map's style. Its a good idea to decide on an overall look for your map before formatting topics individually. You can apply a suitable style template or modify the current style to suit your needs.

After setting a style you can apply formatting. The formatting you choose is applied to the currently selected topics or objects.

You can change the:

To format your map quickly, you can select multiple topics when you apply formatting. The Format Painter lets  you to transfer formatting between topics, boundaries or relationships. If you find yourself using a particular set of formatting attributes frequently, you can create a topic style with these attributes for easy re-use on other topics.

Some formatting options (font color, fill color) can be used as map markers to classify topics on your map (for example a topic in green text means "Michael's task") , but you can also use these attributes casually to add visual interest and clarity to your map. See Code topics with markers for more information on using these attributes as markers.

What do you want to do?

 

Set the Topic shape and color

Set the Topic alignment and margins

Set the Subtopics layout

Set the General Layout

 Set the Topic font

Sort topics

Number topics

Align topics

Format a Boundary or Relationship

Use the Format Painter

Format the map background

Remove formatting