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Using the Toolbar, Button, Command, Description

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Using the Toolbar You use the toolbar to access the most commonly used commands. To use the toolbar, simply click a button to perform that command. The following table lists each toolbar button, its associated command, and a brief description of the action that results. Toolbar Buttons Button Command Description New Creates a new map, starting with a map of the world. Open Opens an existing map file on a local or network drive. Save Saves the current map. Properties Print Displays the Map Window Properties dialog box, where you can specify the name, location, and coordinate system of a map file, set up reports, specify locations that can be zoomed to by name, customize the popup menu, and assign a password to the map. Prints the current map view. Copy Select Copies the current map view to the Clipboard as an Enhanced Windows Metafile (EMF). Programs that cannot display Windows metafiles (WMF) will not be able to use the files from the Clipboard. If you use the Copy button while the Design tab of the Map Explorer is active, the currently selected layers or layer groups are copied to the Clipboard. Selects features in the map. Pan Moves the map around in the map window to display areas that are outside of the current view. 130 | Chapter 7 Getting Familiar with Autodesk MapGuide Author

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Chapter 7
Getting Familiar with Autodesk MapGuide Author
Using the Toolbar
You use the toolbar to access the most commonly used commands. To use the
toolbar, simply click a button to perform that command.
The following table lists each toolbar button, its associated command, and a
brief description of the action that results.
Toolbar Buttons
Button
Command
Description
New
Creates a new map, starting with a map of the world.
Open
Opens an existing map file on a local or network drive.
Save
Saves the current map.
Properties
Displays the Map Window Properties dialog box, where
you can specify the name, location, and coordinate sys-
tem of a map file, set up reports, specify locations that
can be zoomed to by name, customize the popup
menu, and assign a password to the map.
Print
Prints the current map view.
Copy
Copies the current map view to the Clipboard as an
Enhanced Windows Metafile (EMF). Programs that can-
not display Windows metafiles (WMF) will not be able
to use the files from the Clipboard. If you use the Copy
button while the Design tab of the Map Explorer is
active, the currently selected layers or layer groups are
copied to the Clipboard.
Select
Selects features in the map.
Pan
Moves the map around in the map window to display
areas that are outside of the current view.