The Enclose, Difference of Areas, Divide Areas, and Combine Territory Areas dialogs allow you to place the new objects on another layer, to set IDs, to create line and fill properties, and to keep the original objects when using the Enclose, Difference of Areas, or Divide Area commands.
Control options for the Difference of Polygons command in the
Difference of Areas dialog.
Check the Place objects on another layer box to create the new areas on a different layer. Select a layer from the list below. The list does not include locked layers, layers containing cartogram maps, or layers containing prism maps.
Deselect Use original line/fill to select unique line and fill options for the new difference area. Click the Line button to select line properties, and click the fill button to select fill properties for the new areas.
You can choose IDs from the Object ID method list. Choose No ID and no IDs are assigned to the new areas. Select Prefix+index+suffix to create an ID from the items in the IDs group. Select Source IDs to use the original area's IDs in the new area.
Check the Keep original objects box to create new areas while leaving the original selected areas unchanged.
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