That's a sheet order issue.

It's easy enough to fix, but if you are brand new, you may be unfamiliar with some of the procedures.

There are basically on of three things that can be wrong here, and I can't see which just from a picture

• Either the coastline is on the wrong sheet
• Or the mountains is on the wrong sheet
• Or the sheets are in the wrong order.

To check what sheet something is on, you can use the List command (From the Info menu) on the shoreline and mountains to figure out what sheet it is on. Note that you'll probably have problems selecting just the shoreline, as the landmass is also in the same position. Usually, you can just look at both of the, in the list output and determine which is which, or you can start by temporarily hiding the LAND sheet so entities there doesn't get in the way.

That looks like a cc3 standard overland style map, so here the coastline should be on the COASTLINE sheet and the mountains on the SYMBOLS sheet. If that isn't right, you'll want to use :CC2MCHANGE: on them to move them to the correct sheet. (Note that if the mountains are on the wrong sheet, you'll want to move all of them, not just the ones crossing the shoreline)

If they are on the correct sheet, it's probably the sheet order. :CC2SHEETS: can be used to rearrange these. Basically, what you want to ensure here is that COASTLINE appears higher up in the list than SYMBOLS.

It's basically two ways to do that. The first way is to do as you mention yourself, chop it into sections and gradually change the line width. The trick is to make the change between segments small enough to not be noticeable (keep the intended zoom level of the map in mind, you'll obviously always see the "steps" when you zoom close enough, for example when you make it, but if the map is made for being zoomed out, ensure it looks great at that scale.). Adding effects to the river like glow or edge fade will also hide the stepping. I usually also place the steppings where the river joins with another river, which also hides the edges.

The second way is to draw the river using a polygon tool instead of a line. This obviously means you end up drawing both banks of the river, but youæll have full control of the appearance. This is a bit more work than using a line, and also more work if you need to move some nodes since you have both sides of the river to work width, but you can make it exactly as you want to.

To edit an existing hyperlink, first use View -> Show hyperlinks to make sure the link is visible, then use :CC2EDIT: on it. This will allow you to edit the macro behind the link. If you prefer to browse to the new map, you'll have to erase that old hotspot instead and just make a new one.

Exporting to an image takes longer time than printing to a pdf, but it gives you better control over the end result. Generally, images are better suited for post-processing than a pdf as well.

Note that if you have a large CC3+ maps and just need a section of it in higher detail, you can use the rectangular section export option, this allow you to export that small section in the same size as you would normally do for the entire map.