Click on View in the menu at the top of the screen and select Properties from the drop-down list.
This brings up the View Properties dialog box.
Notice that in the middle of this dialog box there are two drop-down lists for "Map Units" (coordinate units) and "Distance Units."
We will discuss these in more detail in Step 11. Here be sure to set "Map Units" to "meters" in the drop-down list and "Distance Units" to "miles" in the drop-down list.
Next, uncheck all the themes in the Table of Contents. Change "Uga-soil.shp" to a "Single Symbol" Legend Type in the Legend Editor dialog box so that we reduce the number of categories in the Table of Contents.Display only our theme "County Maize Production" in our View. You will need to click on the Zoom to Full Extent button to see the entire map of Uganda counties and their maize production levels.
Now we will make a Layout of our map for printing.
Select View from the menu at the top of the screen and from the drop-down list select Layout...
The Template Manager window will come up.
Choose Landscape by clicking on it and press the OK button. This determines the orientation of the map when it is printed.
ArcView will bring up the default Layout for your map of maize production. Expand the size of the window containing Layout1 by clicking on the small box in the upper right of the Layout1 window.
Your Layout should now look like this:
The Layout displays the map of your active View and is titled Layout1.
The defaults ArcView uses in creating the Layout are the title of your View (as we did not create a title for our View, the title "View 1" is used) and the legend in the Table of Contents from the themes displayed in the map.Note: To change the legend and the themes shown in the Layout, you must first change them in your View.
Now we want to modify this map for a more professional look. Changing the way a map is presented is an entire course in Cartography, so here we will just make a few minor changes for an improved appearance.
Also, notice that the menu and buttons at the top of the screen are somewhat different from those we have used when our View is open.
Select the pointer button,
which is at the far left of the second row of buttons at the top of the screen. Click on the title "View 1" at the top of the map in the Layout. Note that four small black boxes ("handles") appear around the title "View 1" (The black "handles" around an object mean that it is selected and it is what you are currently editing).
This brings up the Font Palette window, where you can edit the style of the title (or any other text) that you just selected.
To make your choice of Font, use the scroll bar at the right. Choose for Font: "Times New Roman". To select the Size of the font, use the drop-down list and select: "48," and from the drop-down list for Style, select: "Bold Italic."
Now close the Font Palette window. Your Layout should now look like this, with the font for "View 1" changed:
Now select the text button
from the second row of buttons at the top of the screen and click on the title "View 1" on the Layout.
The Text Properties box appears with "View 1" in it, because we clicked on this title with our cursor.
Delete the words "View1" in the box and type in "Uganda Maize Production."
Click on the OK button.
Notice that our new title is not centered over the map.
We need to drag the title to the left with your cursor to center it over your map. But before doing so, click on the pointer button.
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You use the pointer to select or move text and objects in your Layout.
Now drag the title to the left with your cursor to center it in your Layout.
again and click once with your cursor somewhere on the Layout where you want to type your name.
The Text Properties box appears again. Type in your last name in the box.
Click on the OK button.
Notice that your name is somewhat small to read. We have learned how to change fonts.
From the menu at the top of the screen select Window and from the drop-down list select Show Symbol Window.
This brings up the Font Palette box again.
Now change the font for your name. Select for Font: "Times New Roman"; for Size: "36"; and for Style: "Normal."
Your Layout should look like this.
If the location of your name in the Layout does not look good to you, drag it to where you want it to be, just as we did with our title. But before dragging it, be sure to click on the pointer button.
Also, note that the legend to the right in the Layout is somewhat small, so change that as well.
Be sure you have selected the pointer button and then click on the legend to select it; change the font by selecting for Font: "Times New Roman", Size: "18," and Style: "Normal."
Your Layout should look like this.
Lastly, you could also change the scale (distance) bar at the bottom. By double-clicking on it, you bring up the Scale Bar Properties window, where you can change the characteristics of the scale bar.
You can also change the position, size, and style of font for the bar as well, as we did previously with the title and legend.
Click on the OK button to close the Scale Bar Properties window.
When finished and ready to print the Layout, click once in a blank area of the Layout to remove any "handles." To print the Layout, select from the menu at the top of the screen File and then select Print Setup from the drop-down list.
The Printer Setup box appears.
In the box to the right of "Name," select your printer as the printer (The printer name is different in this classroom), and on the right side of the box be sure that "Landscape" is selected as the orientation.
Click on the OK button.
You are now ready to print. Select from the menu at the top of the screen, File and then Print from the drop-down list.
The Print box appears. Click on the OK button to print.
Close the Layout window when you have finished printing.
You can always return to this Layout later by going to the Project Window and clicking on the Layouts icon to find the list of Layouts available for your project.
You can create more complex Layouts by having two maps in the same Layout. Having two maps in the same Layout is useful for comparing the spatial patterns of two different variables or displaying changes over time in the same variable.
You can add other elements to Layouts as well, such as charts, as we will do in a later Step.
We are going to create a Layout with two maps. One reveals maize production in tons, which we have already created in View 1. The other will reveal millet production in tons. We are going to create a new View in which to produce our map of millet production.We have only been working in one View, but you can have many Views open in ArcView. Go to the menu at the top of the screen and select Window and then uganda.apr from the drop-down list to return to the Project Window. In the Project Window, click on the Views icon on the left.
Click on the New button in the Project Window to create a new, blank "View2."
Add the theme "Uganda_millet.shp" to View2 and display it.
Create a graduated color map using the field "Prod_ton." In the Legend Editor dialog box, be sure to add under the section "Label" the word "tons" and add commas to the numbers, just as we did for our map of maize production. Also, choose "purple monochromatic" in the section "Color Ramps."
Click on the Apply button and close the Legend Editor.
In the Table of Contents, change the title of the theme from "Uganda_millet.shp" to "County Millet Production." Your map should look like this:
We are now ready to create a new Layout.
First we need to set the map units and the distance units in our new View2, just as we did for View1.Click on View in the menu at the top of the screen and select Properties from the drop-down list.
This brings up the View Properties dialog box.
Set "Map Units" to "meters" in the drop-down list and "Distance Units" to "miles" in the drop-down list. Click on the OK button.
Now select View from the menu at the top of the screen and from the drop-down list select Layout...
The Template Manager window will come up.
Choose Landscape by clicking on it and press the OK button.
The View-Layout window appears. 
Select "<New Layout>" and click on the OK button.
The Layout of View2 appears. 
We will need to make enough space for the other map and legend (of maize production) in this Layout. Click once on the scale bar at the bottom of the Layout so that "handles" appear around it. We do not need the scale bar, so press the "Delete" key on your keyboard. Similarly, delete the "North arrow" image at the bottom right.
We need to reduce the size of the map of millet production to allow enough space to insert the second map of maize production. Click once on the map of millet production in the Layout to create "handles" around the map. Put your cursor on the top right "handle" around the map and drag it down to the left to reduce the size of the map so that it is located in the left half of the Layout. Then move the map of millet production upward to leave space for the legend, which we will place below it.
Drag the legend so that it appears below the map. Make the text of the legend "Times New Roman," "Size" is "18," and "Style" is "Normal." The Layout should look like this. 
We can now insert the map and legend of maize production from View1 into this Layout.
Click on the View Frame button in the second row of buttons at the top of the screen below the menu.
This tool allows us to insert a map from a View into a Layout.
Note that cross-hairs have appeared on your cursor.In the empty area in the right side of the Layout, drag your cursor to create an outline of a rectangle where you want to insert the map from View1. Make the rectangle the approximate size of the map on the left. Release your mouse button when finished.
The View Frame Properties dialog box appears.
In the "View" section, highlight "View1".
Click on the OK button. The map of maize production from View 1 appears on the right.
Click on the Pointer button in the far left of the second row of buttons at the top of the screen.
Resize the map of maize production on the right by dragging the handles around the map with your cursor. Resize the map so that it is the same size as the map on the left.
Now we need to add the legend from View 1 beneath the map of maize production.
Go back to the View Frame button in the second row of buttons at the top of the screen below the menu.
This time press on this button. This action brings up a drop-down list of framing tool icons. The framing tools enable you to add various ArcView elements to a Layout.
Click on the second icon, which is for inserting a legend.
On the right side of the Layout below the map of maize production, drag your cursor to create an outline of a rectangle where you want to insert the legend from View1. Make the rectangle the approximate size of the legend on the left. Release your mouse button.
The Legend Frame Properties dialog box appears. Select for the category "View Frame:" the choice for "View1" (This could be either "ViewFrame1:View1" or "ViewFrame2:View1").
Click on the OK button. The legend from View 1 for maize production now appears.
You should make the fonts of both legends appear similar. To make the changes to the fonts, you need to "select" each legend first. To do so, you first need to click on the Pointer button. Then select from the menu at the top of the screen Window and then Show Symbol Window from the drop-down list, as we did before. Be sure that the font sizes and styles of the two legends are the same.
Also, align the legend below the map of maize production in the same way that the legend for millet production is aligned below the map on the left.
Change the title of the Layout from "View2" to "County Crop Production" and center the title over the two maps. To remove any "handles," be sure to click on the Pointer button and then click on a blank area in the Layout. Your Layout should look like this. 
Add your last name to the Layout, change the font of your last name so that it is easy to see, and then print your Layout.
We could also have changed the production classes in the legends for the two maps so that they had similar intervals. How would we do that? Having maps of different Views printed together in the same Layout is very effective in illustrating comparisons. You could also compare patterns, such as changes in pest populations over time in the same area or the spread of parasitoids at two different times.
You can "export" your Layout as a Placeable WMF file, which can easily be incorporated into Microsoft Word documents and PowerPoint presentations.
To do so, select File from the menu at the top of the screen and Export from the drop-down list. The Export dialog box will appear. Be sure that at the bottom left of the Export dialog box that "Placeable WMF" is listed below "List Files of Type." Next, indicate where you want the file stored on the right side of the dialog box. Then, type in a file name for your Layout file at the top left of the dialog box and click on the OK button.
You can then insert the exported file of the Layout into a Microsoft Word document. In Microsoft Word select from the menu at the top of the screen the choices Insert then Picture and then From File. Navigate to the directory where you saved the ".WMF" file and insert it.
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