Chapter 9 - Advanced Views and Layouts

Advanced Techniques in the View

For continuously distributed data such as rainfall, check the smooth continuous color ramp extension for making better legends.

Bill Huber at Quantitive Decisions Inc. produces the custom color ramp extension. Download a demo copy or purchase the full version.

Advanced Techniques in the Layout

Add latitude longitude grids and graticules to your map layout using the improved graticule and grid extension.

For adding custom scale bars and large blocks of explanatory text to a layout, try the Mapper extension.

Cloning or copying entire layout or view documents is easy usiung the ArcView document saver ODB extension. You can even move views or layout between projects.

For fine tuning the position of the map display within a Layout use the View Framew Nudger extension.

A handy way of creating a simple locater map is found by using the Overview extension.

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