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- On the ribbon, click the Insert tab and click the New Layout button.
For a full page map intended for an appendix, select Letter 8.5" x 11", either Letter or Landscape depending on the aspect ratio of your intended content.
Info If you were inserting an image into the body of your report or preparing it for a presentation, you would instead want to select Custom page size... and make something 6.5" wide for the body of a report or 7.5" x 10" for Presentation or 7.5" x 13.33" for wide screen.
To add map frames:
To create a new full page map for appendix. Letter size 9.5x11 with 0.5" margins.
Add a title
Two layouts
Main frame and an inset index map
- On the ribbon, in the Insert tab, click the Map Frame button and select the Map with a scale (e.g. 1:50,000).
- Click and hold the mouse button to draw a box on the page.
To create even borders:
- On the ribbon, click the contextual Map Frame Format tab.
- In the Size & Position group, type 7.5 x 9.5 for Width and Height.
- Type 0.5 x 0.5 for X and Y for the positioning from the bottom left corner of the page.
Insert a second map fram
How to activate map
- Right-click on Map Frame and Activate.
- Pan and zoom as desired.
- Click red X to close activation.
Select inset map
In Contents pane, zoom to lots w/ data layer.
To insert an extent rectangle on the inset map.
- Ensure that the inset map is selected in the Layout View.
- On the ribbon, click the Extent Indicator button and click Map Frame.
Click Dynamic text, click Service Layer Credits, drag a box
Basemaps Credit in sources section of report, but take off map.
Insert tab, Text group, Rectangle text button.
Drag box in white space at top
Type in title (e.g. "Appendix A: Total Sherds)
At the top of the Element pane, click the Text Symbol tab.
Expand the Appearance section to change font, something liek 24 pt.
Right-click text box > Align > Align to page
Right-click text box > Align > Align to center
Insert Legend
Update layer name if necessary
In the Element pane, leftmost Options button.
Click Show properties... button
Uncheck Headings.
Click back arrow.
Click the Display button at top of Element pane.
Select a border and background color using the checkerboard drop-down boxes.
Set the XY gap
Insert scale bar.
In Element page, Change map units to Kilometers, if desirable.
Drag scale bar width, until number listed is rounded.
Divisions 1 and Subdivisions 2
To change north on map
Activate data frame
On ribbon, on View tab, click Navigator button.
In Navigator circle interface, click up arrow to show full controls.
Drag inner circle to rotate the map view.
Cancel activation
Insert north arrow.
Second layout
Two frames stacked 7.5" x 4.755" tall with two different variables, how to link data frames
Bottom map 0.5 x 0.5, top one 0.5 x 5.5
Rename Frames "Top Frame and bottom frame" and show what is selected on map is which frame is highlighted in Contents pane.
Activate top frame and zoom in.
Close activation
RIght-click on bottom frame and do properties
Click the Display Options button.
Use the Constraint drop-down to select Linked map frame extent
Show Map frame drop-down.
On the ribbon, go to Share tab.
Click Layout in the Export group.
Export PDF, change DPI to 600 for printing.
Click Browse button for file path Name field.
Click Export to save PDF.
Combining PDF files.
To create a new full page map for appendix. Letter size 9.5x11 with 0.5" margins.
Add a title
Two layouts
Main frame and an inset index map
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