To Add A Mapnote To The Map; To Edit A Mapnote; To Place A Mapnote At A Specific Location - Apache Street Atlas USA 2005 User Manual

Street Atlas USA 2005 User Guide
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When you use right-click functionality to add a MapNote, it is light blue unless it is a blank
MapNote.
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You can search for a MapNote by its label name using the QuickSearch function in the Find
tab or by typing the label name in the start, finish, stop, or via text boxes when creating a
route in the Route tab.

To Add a MapNote to the Map

A MapNote consists of a text box with an anchor point which points to a specific location on the map.
Use the following steps to add a MapNote.
1. Click the Draw tab to open the Draw dialog area.
2. Click and hold the MapNote/Text Label tool to view its hidden options. Select the MapNote tool
3. Select the desired font, style, size, and color from the text style options. A sample of how your text will
display appears to the left of the options.
4. Click the desired location for your MapNote on the map. The coordinates or distance and bearing/angle
numbers of the location display in the corresponding Coordinate or Distance and Bearing/Angle text boxes.
5. Press the ENTER key on your keyboard or click the map outside of the MapNote active area when you are
finished.
Tip: If you add another MapNote to the map, its distance and bearing from the previous MapNote display
in the corresponding text boxes.

To Edit a MapNote

Use the following steps to edit a MapNote.
1. Click the Draw tab to open the Draw dialog area.
2. Click the Select tool
Note: You can also edit multiple MapNotes at once by dragging a box around the MapNotes you want to
edit. Any changes made in steps 4 will be made to all of the MapNotes included in the box.
3. Select the desired font, style, size, and color from the text style options if you wish to change the look of
the label text. A sample of how your text display appears to the left of the options and the text updates in
the text box on the map screen.
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Click within the Label text box on the map screen and type to edit the current text.
Note: Press SHIFT+ENTER or CTRL+ENTER to type additional lines of text in the Label field.
4. Press the ENTER key on your keyboard or click the map outside of the text label active area when you are
finished.

To Place a MapNote at a Specific Location

Use the following steps to place a MapNote.
1. Click the Draw tab to open the Draw dialog area.
2. Click and hold the MapNote/Text Label tool to view its hidden options. Select the MapNote tool
3. Select the desired font, style, size, and color from the text style options. A sample of how your text display
appears to the left of the options.
4. Select the Coordinate option, or use the Distance and Bearing/Angle option in conjunction with the
Coordinate option, and type the appropriate coordinates or numbers into the corresponding text boxes to the
right of the text style options box (see Notes below).
5. Click Apply. The MapNote displays on the map at those coordinates, distance, and bearing or angle.
6. Enter the desired text and press the ENTER key on your keyboard or click the map outside of the text label
active area when you are finished.
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To use the Distance and Bearing/Angle option with a text label, you must first have another
text label placed on the map. The distance and bearing/angle numbers are entered in
relationship to the LAST text label you added to the map.
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You can display either bearing or distance by clicking the drop-down arrow next to the
Bearing or Angle text located below the distance text in the Distance and Bearing/Angle
option.
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and then click twice on the desired MapNote on the map.
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