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When you create a new Mark, Route, or record a Tracklog, the app uses a template to set up the name, category and visual appearance of the new item. These templates can be customized to your preferences.
You can also use these template format specifiers when editing multiple-selected marks, routes or tracks.
First open the Overlays List  , click the Menu  at the top right of the dialog, and select Edit Defaults > Mark Template (or Route Template or Track Template).
Click Appearance or Icon to change the line-style or icon. These options are used when you create a new overlay, and when you import GPX data that doesn't contain color or line style information.
You can change the name of the newly created overlay item, or the category, using the following format specifiers:
%date-time-format% eg: %yyyy-dd-MM hh:mma%
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d
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The day as a number without a leading zero (1 to 31)
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dd
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The day as a number with a leading zero (01 to 31)
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ddd
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The abbreviated day name ('Mon' to 'Sun')
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dddd
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The long day name ('Monday' to 'Sunday')
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M
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The month as a number without a leading zero (1 to 12)
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MM
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The month as a number with a leading zero (01 to 12)
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MMM
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The abbreviated month name ('Jan' to 'Dec')
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MMMM
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The long month name ('January' to 'December')
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yy
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The year as a two digit number (00 to 99)
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yyyy
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The year as a four digit number
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h
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The hour without a leading zero (0 to 23 or 1 to 12 if AM/PM display)
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hh
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The hour with a leading zero (0 to 23 or 1 to 12 if AM/PM display)
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m
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The minute without a leading zero (0 to 59)
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mm
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The minute with a leading zero (00 to 59)
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s
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The whole second, without any leading zero (0 to 59)
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ss
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The whole second, with a leading zero where applicable (00 to 59)
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AP or A
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Use AM/PM display. A/AP will be replaced by 'AM' or 'PM'
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ap or a
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Use am/pm display. a/ap will be replaced by 'am' or 'pm'
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t
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The timezone (for example "CEST")
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In addition you can use:
%U User name
%V Device name
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# Counter
The User name and the device name are from the license management system, and are designed to help you figure out where an item came from when overlays are shared or synced between devices.
The default name templates are simply P# for the marks, R# for the routes and T# for the tracks.
The # template creates a counter that increments with each object. Only the last # in the template is replaced, so a template containing ## expands to #1, #2, #3, etc.
The way this works is as follows. First all the time/date and other % formating is done. Then it takes the template up to the last #, and looks for other objects matching the name up to that point. The number chosen is one more than the maximum of the existing matching objects. For example if you have a template of %ddd%## that would expand to Mon#1, Mon#2, Mon#3, Tue#1, Tue#2, etc.
Customizing waypoints
You can also customize the waypoints in a route, and select a different icon or naming convention.
First open the Overlays List , click the Menu at the top right of the dialog, and select Edit Defaults > Route Template, then click Waypoints
In the name, the %R is replaced by the route name, and # is replaced by a count. Note that if you insert waypoints in a route, the waypoints are not renumbered. The new waypoint has the highest count number.
Click Icon to change the default waypoint icon symbol and color.
You can also change all the waypoints in an existing route. Edit the route, click Waypoints. In the Waypoint template dialog, you can change the icon and the name. Leave the name blank in the template if you don't want to change waypoint names. If you do enter a name, the waypoints are numbered sequentially from the start.
Drop Mark button
Using the Edit Layout menu command, you can add a Drop Mark button to any page. Each button has its own customizable template. For example, if you are doing a field survey and you want to mark the position of several different kinds of objects, you can configure up a whole set of Drop Mark buttons, each with its own icon, category and naming convention. See Editing Pages.
Next: Using custom mark icons
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