You can see how the map book will be divided into tiles before you generate it.
To preview and generate the map book
- With the Create Map Book dialog box still open from the previous exercise, click Preview Tiles.
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The preview shows how the tile divisions for the map book.
- When you are finished examining the preview, press Enter to select the eXit option and return to the Create Map Book dialog box.
- Click Generate to create the map book.
When you generate the map book, the tiles are listed in the Task Pane, and one layout tab is displayed for each tile.
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Each letter represents a row of tiles, with the numbered tiles for that row indented below it.
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One layout tab is created for each of the map book tiles
- Click one of the new layout tabs to see the portion of the map that it contains.
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The map tile for the layout tab appears in the main viewport.
- The title block contains the name of your organization.
- The Legend viewport displays the legend for the map.
- The Map Key viewport displays the map as a whole.
- The north arrow is the one you added.
- The File Name is the name of the current map drawing.
- Hold down the Ctrl key and click one of the adjacent arrows.
The view changes to show the adjacent tile.
- To save the map book settings for future use, right-click the map book name on the Map Book tab of the Task Pane. Click Save Settings. Specify a name and location for the settings file.
To use these settings for a different map book, follow these steps:
- Open the map file to publish to a map book.
- Switch to Map Book in the Task Pane.
- Click New
Map Book From Settings.
- Select the settings file you saved.
Where you are now
You previewed and generated the map book, producing multiple tiles that each contain a portion of the original map. You used the layout tabs to view individual tiles, and the adjacent arrows to move between tiles.
To continue this tutorial, go to
Lesson 4: Create The Inset.