Adding Symbols to your Map

							Map Layouts
ArcMap:

Non-related issue: Every time you start ArcMap, an Add Data window appears even you
don’t want to add layers from the beginning. You can change this setting by going to
Tools > Options and click “Application” tab and uncheck “Show Startup Dialog”. This
should solve your problem of unwanted Add.

    1. Start ArcMap and bring in your existing project (your county map).
    2. Your current view should be Data View. Go to View > Layout View. Then, your
       current active view will turn into Layout View from Data View.




    3. Use Zoom In/Out tools in Layout’s toolbar (Notes: There are two sets of zooming
       tools in ArcMap. The one on the top is usually the tools for Data View and the
       one on the bottom is for the use of Layout View)


Adding Title:
   1. Click New Text button at the button of the window. You might want to adjust
      font, font size for the title. Click on the top part of the layout and start typing title
      onto the layout.
   2. Move title around to find an appropriate location for it.
Adding Legend:
   1. Go to Insert > Legend and click Next when Legend Wizard appears.
   2. You may edit Legend Title, font size, justification and types.
                                                  3. Click Next to continue
                                                  4. When Border selection appears,
                                                      click downward arrow to bring up
                                                      the line weight selection. Similarly,
                                                      click Background or Drop
                                                      Shadow to change settlings.
                                                  5. In the remaining windows, you
                                                      may leave them unchanged and
                                                      click “Finish” to add legend to
                                                      your layout.


                                               Add North Arrow to layout.

                                                  1. Go to Insert > North Arrow and
                                                     select one that will match your
                                                     map.
                                                  2. You may change size color and




       others properties of the North Arrow.


   Add Scale Bar to Layout.

       1. Go to Insert > Scale Bar and select one to add to the layout.
       2. Zoom in the layout (using Zoom tools for the layout, not the zoom tool for the
          Data View) and you will find out that the unit is decimal degrees. That
          doesn’t sound right. Let’s change the display unit.
3. Double-click on the scale bar to bring up the window for alternating scale bar
   properties.
4. Select “Miles” from the Division Units and leave other properties unchanged.
                                          5. Add acknowledgement to the
                                              bottom left corner.

                                  Page Setup

                                      1. Right-click on the page to bring up the
                                         Page Setup window.
                                      2. Change from Portrait to Landscape or
                                         size of the layouts.
                                      3. Save your project.
ArcView

  1. Start ArcView and you may want to open existing project from your previous
     project (the project with census tract polygons on it).
  2. If your theme layers hasn’t been classified, then double-click on the tract theme to
     bring up the legend editor window.
  3. In Legend Type, select Graduated Color and select “P001001” from the
     Classification Field. Click “Classify” and select 3 from Number of classes.
     Click OK to go back to the Legend Editor screen. You may select different
     Color Ramp to show population.
  4. Click “Apply” to go back to View 1. (you should see the change on the View 1)
  5. With View 1 active, go to View > Layout….
  6. When Template Manager appears, just click OK to continue. You have selected
     Landscape for your layout.
  7. Once the layout is created, you will find that several default items are placed on
     the layout, including View 1 (title), legend and North Arrow and Scale bar.
  8. You may change Title, North Arrow and scale bar by double-click them to bring
     up the window.