Export, import, and distribute military symbology

Favorites can be used to distribute commonly used military symbols to other Military Overlay users. It is also how military symbols are shared between projects, and how symbol sets are archived for record keeping.

Export military symbols to a file

Export Favorites saves all of the symbols in Favorites to a Military Overlay Favorites file (*.mofav)

To save military symbols to a Military Overlay Favorites file, do the following:

1. Open Military Overlay.
2. Click Favorites.
3. Click Export.
4. On the Save File dialog box, browse to a folder location or accept the default location. Provide a name for the new favorites file.
5. Click Save.

Import military symbols from a file

Add military symbols in a Military Overlay Favorites file to your project.

To import a Military Overlay Favorites file, do the following:

1. Open Military Overlay.
2. Click Favorites.
3. Click Import.
4. On the Open File dialog box, browse to the folder location of the favorites file.
5. Click OK.

   The military symbols in the favorites file are appended to the favorites list. Exact duplicate symbols are not imported.

Save a symbol as a PNG

Save a single symbol as a Portable Network Graphics (.PNG) image file using the following steps:

1. Open Military Overlay.
2. Click Favorites.
3. Select a symbol from the list.
4. Click Save Image As .
5. Type a file name on the Save As dialog box and click Save.

The image is saved to the path and file specified.

Copy a symbol to the clipboard

Copy a single symbol to the system clipboard using the following steps:

1. Open Military Overlay.
2. Click Favorites.
3. Select a symbol from the list.
4. Click Copy Image To Clipboard .

The symbol is now in the system clipboard and can be copied to other applications such as Microsoft PowerPoint or Microsoft Word.