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Product: MapInfo Professional
Version: 8.0
Platform: Citrix; Windows 2003 Server Enterprise; Windows 98 SE; Windows NT 4.0 SP6A; Windows XP Home; Windows XP Home SP1A; Windows XP Home SP2; Windows XP Professional; Windows XP Professional SP 1A; Windows XP Professional SP 2; Windows 2000 Professional SP4
Category: Thematic Mapping

Summary:
Custom sort order for Individual Value thematic legends (MapInfo Professional v8.0).

Question:
Custom sort order for Individual Value thematic legends (MapInfo Professional v8.0).

Answer:
New to MapInfo Professional v8.0 is a feature that allows the sort order to be changed in the legend list for Individual Value thematic maps.

Note: This feature is only available for Individual Value thematic legends.

To customize the legend label order of an Individual Value thematic legend:

1. Create or modify an Individual Value thematic map using the Thematic Wizard dialog boxes.

2. In the Modify Thematic Map dialog box or the Thematic Wizard Step 3 of 3 dialog box, click the Custom radio button in the Legend Label Order box.

3. Click the Order button to display the Customize Legend Label Order dialog box.

Figure: Thematic Map Wizard Step 3 of 3



Figure: Customize Legend Label Order



4. Select an entry in the Legend Label List to move and use the Move Up or Move Down buttons to place it in the desired order.

5. Click OK to save this order.

6. Click OK in the current dialog box to display the new thematic map and the new legend.

Important Notes for Creating and Merging Theme Templates:

When creating and merging theme templates:

• MapInfo Professional saves the custom label order only when the option to Save Individual Value Categories is selected in the Save Theme to a Template dialog box. This implies that when creating a theme based on a template, MapInfo Professional applies the custom label order only when the thematic expression creates the same categories as those in the template.

• When merging theme templates, the custom label order from the source template is applied to the current theme only when the option to Merge Individual Categories is selected in the Merge a Template to a Theme dialog box and the template and current theme have the same number of categories.

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