Lab 7

Ch. 7

1.  The information used in dynamic labels comes from the attribute table, like cities or road names.  You use the layer tab in the properties dialogue box to add or adjust them.

2.  To only show certain things like cities on a map you go to the layers tab in layer properties and use the SQL query button to create a query statement with just the info you want.

3.  Yes you can manually adjust labels by clicking on them and drag to desired position.

4.  To adjust graphics you use the select elements tool

5.  Two annotation types are database and map annotation

Ch. 18.

1.  True

2.  Yes, an .mxt can be saved as an .mxd.

3.  To access map template files you can chose on when starting ArcMap or you can go to file and click on new and go to my templates.

4.  To save a symbol you can save it in symbol selector dialogue box then set it as a default symbol.

5.  Two ways to change colors of a graphic is to change the color in symbol selector when choosing symbol or in the layers properties g to symbology and change color there.

Ch. 19

1.  The first thing you do when setting up a map is chose the dimensions and orientation.

2.  The scale changes when you are in layout view because the program adjusts the size of the map to fit the layout that would be printed.

3.  Three customization options for scale bar are label position, division units and text style.

It is important to zoom to 1:1 because it zooms to actual size and you can see the map at the resolution it would be on a printed page.

5.  In data view if you add a graphic you cannot adjust it in layout view.  If you add a graphic in layout view it does not show up in data view.

Lab 7