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Hello, I am new to CmapTool, and I use version 6.01.01 on Windows 10.

Is it possible to edit custom styles?
Example of use :
- I create a new style named "important concept", which has a yellow backgroud.
- I apply this style to some concepts.
- Now I change my mind, and I want a red backgroud for all these important concepts .

How can I do this easily? As in a word processor, I would like that editing the style "important concept" will update all the corresponding concepts. But I cannot find how to do this in CmapTools. Should I create another style and apply it again to every concept? Are there other possibilities?

Thanks for your help

At this point you can't edit the named style. But the next version of CmapTools will have a revamped method of defining styles and templates.

I have moved from v5 to v6 and I have also noticed this change in style options. I prefer the old way (maybe because I do not know how to use properly the new).

My problem: I create a model of knowledge with plenty of interconnected cmaps. I want to keep the same format for those concepts that are of the same kind. For instance: "Author", "year", "property", etc. Also for those lines I am interested (I like to change the color of the connections if the relation is negative vs positive). So, when I want to create a new cmap from scratch that will be connected with others I would like to format a concept of type "author" as I have been doing in all the other cmaps but among the tens of cmaps I am not sure which one has this kind of concept in order to copy the style. So, now I have to open several cmaps to find the format, copy it and paste.

It is somehow annoying. I would also like as nicothespider suggested having the possibility to change a format once and for all and having all the cmaps updated.

Is there a solution? Is there a way in the new system of styles that I have not discovered?

Thanks in advance.