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| Last Updated: 07/06/2006 |  |
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Layer/Legend: This tool toggles the table
of contents frame between a legend image and the list
of layers.
Toggle Overview: This button toggles the Overview Map
in the upper left hand corner of the map. When the map is on,
click once on this button with the mouse and the Overview Map
with disappear. If it is off, click once and the Overview Map
will appear. 
Zoom In: Click or drag a rectangle on the map to zoom
in.
Zoom Out: Click or drag a rectangle on the map to zoom
out. (The smaller the rectangle, the more the zoom out.) 
Initial Extent: Click this button to return to the initial
map extent. 
Zoom to Active Theme: Click this button to change the
map extent to that of the current active theme. 
Last Extent: Click this button to return to the previous
map extent. 
Pan: Use this tool to drag or center the map extent while
maintaining the same scale. 
Identify: Use this tool to display attributes on features
of the active theme that you click on. 
Query: Click the Query button and look at the Bottom Text
Area, where you will be prompted to supply information for a query.
Select the layer you would like to query, then the operator, and
value to match against for the query (THE QUERY IS CASE-SENSITIVE).
If you are querying text the value must be put in double quotation
marks. You can also click the Get Samples button to get a list
of values from the attribute table to choose from. Hit the Add
to Query String button. Keep doing this till your query is complete.
Then hit the Execute button. Matching features will be highlighted,
plus their attributes listed in the Bottom Text Area. If there
are several matches, you can click one of the query result records
to select and highlight it.
Find: First set the active layer to the layer to use the
Find command with. The Find command displays a text box and button
below the map. The user enters text and press the button to begin
the search (THE SEARCH IS CASE-SENSITIVE). The search will look
in all fields of the feature. If more than one match occurs then
the user may select the Rec number from the table to zoom to the
chosen feature. 
Measure: Point at a location on the map and click the
left mouse button to start measuring from. As the cursor is moved
the values in the upper part of the map change. As additional
points are made the Total field shows the total measurement while
the Segment field show the measurement for the current mouse movement.
Use Clear Selection to clear results. 
Set Units: Click the Set Units button to change the scale
bar and measurement units to the units you would like.
Select by Rectangle: Click or drag a rectangle on the
map to spatial select features of the active theme.
Select by Line/Polygon: Click on the map (WAIT FOR A NEW
PAGE AFTER EACH CLICK) to create a geometric shape that is used
to select features of the active theme. 
Clear Selection: Click this button to clear the current
selection on the active theme. 
Print: Click this button to open the print dialog in which
you can create a printable map.