Accessibility Options
Standard Toolbar
The Standard Toolbar in ArcMap is the place to find all your Windows-based buttons such as Save, Open, Print, Undo/Redo.
NewCloses (prompts to save) the current MXD and launches a new, blank version. |
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OpenOpens a window to find and launch a saved MXD. |
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SaveSaves the current MXD. Launches a window to designate a name and a place if the MXD had not been saved previously. Simply overwrites for all subsequent saves. |
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Prints the current view, either what is seen in the current extent of Data View or the layout if in Layout View. |
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CutCuts the currently selected feature. |
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CopyCopies a selected feature. |
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PastePastes a selected feature. |
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DeleteDeletes the currently selected item. |
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UndoUndoes whatever action was just taken. |
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RedoRedoes the last action taken. |
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Add Data![]() Opens the ‘Add Data’ Dialog box for adding data of all types to ArcMap
Add Basemap...Opens the dialog box to add one of twelve basemaps from ArcGIS Online.
Add Data from ArcGIS OnlineOpens a dialog box to search for free and paid data (marked with ArcGIS Online Subscription Required) saved on ESRI’s servers.
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Map ScaleShows and sets the scale for the active data frame. Scales can be typed into the box (you can skip the “1:”) and set with the enter key or the dropdown can be used to select a pre-set scale level (or set a custom level) |
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Editor ToolbarThe editor toolbar button toggles the Editor toolbar on and off. |
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Table of ContentsToggles the Table of Contents on and off. If the Table of Contents was closed, use this button to get it back. |
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Catalog WindowToggles the Catalog window on and off. If the Catalog window was closed, use this button to get it back. |
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Search WindowToggles the Search window on and off. If the Search window was closed, use this button to get it back. |
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ArcToolboxToggles the ArcToolbox window on and off. If the ArcToolbox was closed, use this button to get it back. |
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Python WindowOpens the Python window to enter and run commands. |
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Model BuilderOpens the Model Builder window to build, edit, save, and run models. |
Tools Toolbar
The ‘Tools Toolbar’ is one of the four common toolbars in ArcGIS. This toolbar includes things like zoom, pan, select by shape, and measure.
- The light blue box shows which tool is currently active. In this case, it is the black select elements arrow. This is the default “does nothing” tool.
- Clicking on your map with the black arrow will select things in layout view, but doesn’t do a whole lot in data view, thus it’s safe to have on and not fear moving or messing with stuff
Zoom In/Zoom OutThe Zoom In and Zoom Out tools allow you to draw a box on the map with the tool active and zoom into or out from a portion of the map. For example, if you wanted to zoom to just the State of Colorado, select the Zoom In tool and draw a box around the state’s boundary. |
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Pan
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Identify
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Select FeaturesAn interactive arrow which allows you to select features by clicking on the map instead of using the attribute table. Use the shift click to select multiple values when in Create a New Selection mode Used in conjunction with the Interactive Selection Method in the Selection Menu
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Clear Selected
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Go to Previous/Next Extent
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Select Elements
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Fixed Zoom In/Fixed Zoom Out
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Full Extent
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Measure
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Go to XYUsed to jump to a specific point on the map. Supported coordinate forms (Units, above - found under the drop down arrow):
Once a coordinate pair is defined, the tool allows you to:
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Layout Toolbar
When ArcMap is switched from Data View to Layout View, a new toolbar appears. This toolbar includes options to adjust the view of the whole page, not the data within. For example, if you are working on a corner of your layout, attempting to line up the legend and credits in a neat, clean way, you could zoom in to that corner, using the page zoom in tool. When you are ready to move to another section, you can use the page pan tool.
- If the layout toolbar is missing, add it from: Customize Menu > Toolbars > Layout
- In order to pan and zoom the data within a data frame, it is necessary to use the pan and zoom tools found in the Tools toolbar
Page Zoom InUse the Page Zoom In tool to draw a box and zoom to a portion of the layout |
Page Zoom Out
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Page Pan
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Zoom Whole Page
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Zoom to 100%
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Page Fixed Zoom In
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Page Fixed Zoom Out
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Page Last Extent
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Page Next Extent
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Zoom Level (Percentage)
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Toggle Draft Mode
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Focus Data Frame
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Change Layout
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Data Driven Pages Toolbar
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Editing and the Editor Toolbar
Editing is the ability to create and change vector and tabular (table) data within ArcMap. Data does not always exist or may not always correct, and the only way to make or fix it is with editing.
Editor Menu
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Edit Tool
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Straight Segment
Used to create lines. Each click puts down one vertex, then connects a straight line to the next vertex clicked.
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End Point Arc Segment
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Segment Creation ToolsA variety of line creation tools are available to digitize higher quality data.
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Edit VerticesEdit Vertices is a tool that allows you to move or delete one or more existing vertices, as well as add new vertices to the feature. For example, if you have a road that is in the correct place, but the previous technician represented a pretty steep curve with just a few vertices, you can add a few more then move them into place to create the best line representation possible. |
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Reshape Feature ToolReshape Feature allows you to select a single feature and change a portion of it, for example, if you have a river that shows it is flowing right through a building and you can see in the imagery it actually flows to the south of that building, you can select that river and use the Reshape Feature tool to draw along the actual path to get people out of “harms way”. |
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Continue Feature ToolThe continue feature allows the user to continue a feature which has been completed as though they were still editing |
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Cut Polygon Tool |
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Split Tool |
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Rotate Tool |
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Attributes WindowOpens the attribute window to allow a user to enter the attributes for the currently selected/being edited feature |
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Sketch Properties
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Create Features WindowToggles the ‘Create Features’ window on and off. Use this button if you’ve X’d your window closed and it will not automatically appear when you begin an edit session. |