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Marker Boxes: labelled places

Use marker boxes for an office, customer, depot or meeting point that needs a visible label and callout. They sit on top of the map rather than replacing territory colours.

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A Thirsk depot marker has a blue label box above its location with an arrow pointing down to it. A Malton office marker uses a purple label below its point and a line call-out.
Marker boxes on the map. These are placed marker boxes: each label is connected to a location on the map. One uses an arrow with the text above the point; the other uses a line with the text below it. You can change the wording, text size, colours and call-out, and move a selected marker using Place on map.
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The current panel, with its options expanded where useful. Select a numbered circle to read its explanation.

  1. Show markers

    Shows or hides the marker layer. Existing marker text, styling and positions are retained. Use this to compare a clean territory map with the annotated version.

  2. New marker

    Adds a marker row and selects it, with the text field ready to type into. Give it a useful label. The count in the panel shows how many markers are present.

  3. Select, rename or remove one marker

    Use the selection control beside a marker row to make it the active marker. Edit its text in that row. The row’s delete control removes that marker alone. Selecting a single marker returns you from “all markers” styling to that individual marker.

  4. Place on map

    With a marker selected, tick Place on map and click its location. Click again to move that selected marker. Untick when you are finished. This is the reliable way to reposition a marker; dragging the underlying map moves the map composition.

  5. Apply style to all markers

    Tick before changing appearance if every marker should use the same settings. It affects the styling of all markers, not their individual label text or locations. Leave it off to give one important location a different treatment.

  6. Text colour and Outline colour

    Open the palette from the appropriate colour control. Give text enough contrast against its box and the map beneath it. The advanced importer also supplies a per-row box colour.

  7. Font size

    Changes the selected marker’s lettering, or every marker when Apply style to all markers is on. The slider runs from 0.5 to 20. Check the final page view, not just a close-up of the map.

  8. Call-out length

    Open Call-out settings and adjust Length to move the label farther from or closer to its anchor. A longer callout can keep text clear of a crowded area. This changes the annotation, not the geographic location being marked.

  9. Arrow or line; Invert marker

    Choose a plain line or arrow for the callout. Invert marker puts the box on the other side of the anchor, useful when a label would cover another feature or fall off the page.

  10. Delete all markers

    Removes the whole marker collection. It does not delete territory colours or built-in place dots. Hide markers instead if you want to bring them back later.

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