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The way that you edit a symbol depends on if the symbol is linked or embedded. You can determine whether to link or embed the symbol by setting an option with Options on the Tools menu before you place the symbol on the drawing sheet.

To Edit a Symbol Document Directly

  1. Click File > Open.

  2. Select the symbol document that you want to edit. The document has an .sym extension.

  3. Edit the symbol.

  4. Click File > Save.

You cannot edit the connect points, drag points, handles, or other properties of a symbol directly.

To Edit an Embedded Symbol

  1. Select the symbol.

  2. Click Open on the shortcut menu.

  3. Edit the symbol.

  4. Click File > Update. The software changes the symbol in the current document.

  5. Click File > Close to close the symbol document and return to the document that contains the symbol.

If you change a linked symbol, the software also records those changes in the source document on your computer and the instance of the symbol in the current document.

To Edit Elements in a Symbol

If you want to edit individual elements of a symbol, you must convert the symbol to elements in the current document.

  1. Select the symbol on the drawing sheet.

  2. On the shortcut menu, click Convert to convert the symbol to a group of elements.

    • You can also select multiple symbols and convert them simultaneously; however, if the select set contains anything other than a symbol, Convert is not available.

    • You must insert a symbol at the default scale (1:1) if you want to use Convert.

  3. On the Change toolbar, click Ungroup to separate the elements so that you can edit them individually. You can now edit the symbol elements just like ones that you created with one of the drawing commands.

  • If you want to quickly edit a symbol, you can open the Symbol Explorer and double-click any symbol to for editing.

  • If a symbol containing a Smart Label is placed into a document, you cannot select the Smart Label and open it to edit it like most symbols. You must create a new Smart Label.

See Also

Properties Command (File Menu)
Create Symbol Command