Use this procedure to create a display theme tool and add it to a tool palette. You may want to create your own display theme tools if you are creating multiple display themes of specific display theme styles. The display theme is activated when the display theme legend is inserted in the drawing with the display theme tool.
You can use any of the following methods to create a display theme tool:
- Drag a display theme style from the Style Manager to a tool palette, and then customize the properties of the new tool.
- Copy a tool from another palette to the current palette, and then customize the properties of the new tool.
- Copy an existing tool in the current palette and then customize the properties of the new tool.
- Open the tool palette on which you want to create a tool.
- Create the tool:
If you want to… Then… create a tool from a display theme style in the Style Manager click 
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Locate the style you want to copy, and drag it to the tool palette. Click OK to close the Style Manager. copy a tool in the current tool palette right-click the tool, and click Copy. Right-click, and click Paste. copy a tool from another tool palette open the other palette, right-click the tool, and click Copy. Reopen the palette where you want to add the tool, right-click, and click Paste. - Right-click the new tool, and click Properties.
- Enter a name for the tool.
- Click the setting for Description, enter a description of the tool, and click OK.
- Expand General.
- Specify general properties for the display theme:
If you want to… Then… add a description enter text for Description. specify the layer key click the setting for Layer key, select a layer key, and click OK. specify layer overrides click the setting for Layer overrides. Clear Do not specify Layer Overrides, select an override, and click OK twice. specify the display theme style click the setting for Style, and select a style. specify an external drawing file source for the style click the setting for Style location, and click Browse to specify a location. change the scale of the display theme legend enter a value for Scale. - Click OK.