Briefly |
You don't have to stick with gold balls! |
By default, Fathom represents each case with a gold ball. There are two main ways to change this:
Cut and Paste
Create an image of what you want for an icon and get it onto the clipboard. Then select the case you want to change and choose Paste as Case Icon from the Display menu.
Note: Under Windows, this icon must be in "metafile" format. If it is just a bitmap, Fathom won't understand it.
Use a Formula
Fathom has a large number of icons stored. They are listed in the Formula Editor under Icon Names in the function list. You can use them in formulas. The icons do not appear in the editor, but they do in the collection itself. Simply set the image display attribute to one of these.
An example:
1. Open a Census file (e.g., Berkeley).
2. Double-click the collection to bring up the Inspector.
3. Press the Display tab
4. Double-click in the Formula column to define image.
5. Enter the formula shown.
When you click Apply or close the editor, the cases will change to something similar to those shown below.
Note: if your icons look too small, try setting height and width to 32. Use formulas so the new sizes will apply to all cases.