Add icon markers

An icon is a small image that gives information about a topic in a graphical, easily understood way. You can assign an icon to multiple topics, and each topic can have more than one icon, but you may not repeat the same icon more than once on a single topic. You can add or remove icons on topics using the  Home tab  Map Markers group Icon Markers command, or from the Map Markers task pane.

Every map begins with a built-in Map Markers list : a set of available markers and their pre-defined meanings. The markers are stored in groups in the Map Markers list (displayed in  the Map Markers task pane). When you add an icon marker to a topic you can select an icon from the current map markers list or choose a different icon from the Library.

You can choose a different pre-defined list of markers to use with the map in the Template Organizer's Map Marker Lists pane.

Add an icon marker to a topic

  1. Select a topic or topics that you want to assign the icon to.

  2. On the Home tab, in the Map Markers group, click Icon Markers.
     

  3. In the icon marker picker select the icon you want to assign to the topic. Once an icon is added, you can rest your pointer over it to see its meaning. You can change its meaning in the Map Markers pane.

  1. If you don't see the icon you want to add, click More Icons... to open the Library task pane. Click the icon in the Library task pane. The icon is automatically added to the General icons group in the Map Markers pane.

Change an icon marker on a topic

Once you have added an icon to a topic, you can change it in several ways:

Copy, move or remove an icon marker

Exporting icons - notes  

If you export your map to web pages an icon legend pop-up is automatically included in the export. You can disable this by using the options to customize your web pages. The Icon Legend pop-up option is in the Show section on the Advanced Settings page.

For PowerPoint export, you can use the icons on your map as bullet characters on your slides. This is controlled in the PowerPoint Export Format Settings dialog.

If you export your map to web pages an icon legend pop-up is automatically included in the export. You can disable this by using the options to customize your web pages. The Icon Legend pop-up option is in the Show section on the Advanced Settings page.

For PowerPoint export, you can use the icons on your map as bullet characters on your slides. This is controlled in the PowerPoint Export Format Settings dialog.

Task icons - notes

The task icons (priority, task complete %) are dynamically linked to the task information assigned to the topic. These work in a special way:

You can "cycle" the priority and % complete task icons just like other icons. Click on the icon to change it to the next available priority or task complete (%) setting. You can tailor the markers list in the Map Markers pane to contain only those priorities and task complete (%) settings you want to use. For example, you can include just the 0%, 25%, 50% and 100% icons in the list rather than the whole continuum of settings. In this way you can avoid cycling through all the unused icons.

The task icons (priority, task complete %) are dynamically linked to the task information assigned to the topic. These work in a special way:

You can "cycle" the priority and % complete task icons just like other icons. Click on the icon to change it to the next available priority or task complete (%) setting. You can tailor the markers list in the Map Markers pane to contain only those priorities and task complete (%) settings you want to use. For example, you can include just the 0%, 25%, 50% and 100% icons in the list rather than the whole continuum of settings. In this way you can avoid cycling through all the unused icons.

The task icons (priority, task complete %) are dynamically linked to the task information assigned to the topic. These work in a special way:

You can "cycle" the priority and % complete task icons just like other icons. Click on the icon to change it to the next available priority or task complete (%) setting. You can tailor the markers list in the Map Markers pane to contain only those priorities and task complete (%) settings you want to use. For example, you can include just the 0%, 25%, 50% and 100% icons in the list rather than the whole continuum of settings. In this way you can avoid cycling through all the unused icons.