Unit Seven: Basic Layout In this unit… ► Display Area: Layout View ► Sizing & Scaling Data ► Adding Map Elements  North Arrow  Title  Legend

Unit Seven – Basic Layout 2 Review Two modes for the Display Area Toggle back and forth with a click It’s easy to tell which mode you are in: Layout looks like a page! There are two modes for the Display Area: 1. Data Display 2. Layout Display Display/Layout View Selector

Unit Seven – Basic Layout 3 Display Area: Layout View Orientation ► By default, Layout View shows data in a graphic frame extending to the margins of the “page”. ► Click and drag to resize like any graphic. ► Corners to keep proportions ► Edges to distort ► Refresh button repaints the screen for changes in data properties.

Unit Seven – Basic Layout 4 Display Area: Layout View Orientation ► The extents of the Data Frame may not be the same in the Layout View and the Data View. ► But be clear: These are both live Data Frames of the same data. They are just of different sizes. ► The Tools Tool Bar will behave essentially the same in either view… panning data through the frame.

Unit Seven – Basic Layout 5 Sizing & Scaling Data Tool Bar(s) ► The Tools Tool Bar  Functions against data in the Layout Data Frame,  Zooms and pans the data not the “page” ► There is a separate Tool Bar for Layouts:  Has all the same zoom & pan type tools BUT:  Zooms and pans the “page” that contains the Data Frame

Unit Seven – Basic Layout 6 Adding Map Elements Inserting Map Elements to Add Information ► Insert map elements from the I NSERT M ENU ► In this unit, we will be adding only Title, North Arrow, and Scale Bar

Unit Seven – Basic Layout 7 Adding Map Elements Title 1. Select I NSERT M ENU and T ITLE 2. Enter text in the default text box that appears in the Data Frame and hit ‘Enter’  Title turns to a dotted text box 3. Position the title 4. Change properties  Alter text here if needed 5. Repeat, if needed!

Unit Seven – Basic Layout 8 Adding Map Elements North Arrow 1.Select I NSERT M ENU and N ORTH A RROW 2.Select an arrow style, and set color or other properties and close the dialog 3.Position and re-size.  The north arrow has handles and may be resized with click & drag and positioned like any other graphic  Angle adjustable!

Unit Seven – Basic Layout 9 Adding Map Elements Scale Bar 1. Select I NSERT M ENU and S CALE B AR 2. Select a style. 3. Use the properties button.  There are several properties that should be reviewed  The Scale Bar has to remain in consistent scale with the map being displayed! With the settings shown, the scale bar will go from 4 to 3 miles automatically when resized. (click & drag)

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