When you create a map for printing or digital publication, you work in the Layout View
. Now that we've got our individual maps symbolized and ready to go, it's time to assemble a layout:
- Click
Insert
|New Layout
to add a layout to your project. Select letter-size paper from theANSI Landscape
category as your size and orientation. You now have a virtual page, a page that allows you to organize all the map elements before printing. - To add a map to your layout, click the
Map Frame
button on the ribbon. From the drop-down menu, select theDefault
map underUS Counties
. This will give you a full-page frame of yourCounties
map. - Click the
Map Frame
button again to add theNorth America
map. This time, select theNorth America Bookmark
you made to add a quarter-page frame (since we'll be reducing this anyway, it's easier to start with a smaller frame than to completely overlap the previous frame). If you picked the wrong one, just delete it and try again. Your maps...