Layout editor

Insert/Edit Map Border

Neat line

Grid

Graticule

Corners

Outline

 

Insert or edit a map border, and/or ticks and/or coordinates for grid lines or a graticule for a selected map view in your layout.

You can insert or edit:

Use the tabs to go to a specific page.

On this Corners page, you can add XY-coordinates to the four corner of the selected map view or edit the appearance of these coordinates.

Corners page options:

Corner Coordinates:

Select this check box to obtain coordinate information at the four corners of the selected map view.

Clear this check box if you do not wish to obtain coordinate information at the corners of the map view.

Color:

Select a color for the coordinates. To create your own color, select 'Custom' at the bottom of the drop-down list, or click the create button ; the Windows Color dialog box will appear.

Font name:

Select the font in which the coordinates should appear; you can select an installed font from the list.

Font size:

Type a value for the font size (pt) in which the coordinates should appear.

Bold:

Select this check box to have coordinates appear in bold.

Italic:

Select this check box to have coordinates appear in italics.

Tips:

  1. If you size a selected map border in the Layout editor, by dragging one of the size handles of a selected map border, then the size or the scale of your map view will change. This depends on whether you used the Keep Scale button.
  2. To store annotation, you need to save the layout. Open the File menu and choose the Save or the Save As command. You can also click in the white space of your layout, and click the Save button in the standard toolbar.

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