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Jul 27, 2010

Transparent polygon fill

By Aileen Buckley

Question: How do I make the polygon fill transparent?

Answer: To make a polygon fill transparent, right click on the feature class in the Table of Contents and then click on Properties.

On the Display tab, you can set the percent transparency.

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Aileen Buckley

Dr. Aileen Buckley is a cartographer who’s been at Esri since 2003. She finds and shares best practices for mapping and analysis with ArcGIS, which leads her to publish widely and present world-wide.

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