If you can't get rid of the layer is it really worth scrapping everything to start all over again?

Layers aren't anywhere near as important as sheets. Most of the time I completely ignore them.

You're welcome, Kevin :)

If you ask a specific question there is usually someone around to help, so don't get stuck simply because there seems to bo so much to learn. Also, if you've used the app before it comes back a lot faster than you might think.

You could try selecting by layer?

Pick the delete tool and right click in the window, then pick Layer. You will be prompted for the name of the layer in the command line. Once you have entered the layer name on your keyboard you should then see in the command line how many entities are on that layer.

Best to check what they are before you go ahead and delete them, though.

Remy Monsen wrote a blog explaining the process here:

I'm also quite sure he did a Live Mapping session on the same subject, but I'll have to go find it and come back to add it later.

I found one by Ralf. Maybe it was this one I was thinking of...

The scaling (or the default symbol size) is something that really should be set at the outset. But you've already done quite a lot of map. When you say it looks too small when you export it, are you exporting it always with this broad white border around it?

What export options are you using? These are controlled by the dialog that opens when you hit the Options button in the Save as... dialog.

Here is an example.

You can export the same map a lot larger by increasing either the Print Size or the Pixel Size. The settings above produce a much larger export than the default settings.

The Restrict image to map border checkbox should also cut out that large white border.