Draw Control

 Use the five drawing tools from the Draw Control on the Advanced Toolbar to annotate the map with points, lines, boxes and text, using different colors and thicknesses. You might also want to color-coordinate drawings and the accompanying text.

Select a color and width

1. Click the Choose color tool and select a color from one of the palettes on the Color Picker.

2. Select the width for the annotation.

Place a point on the map

• Click the Draw Point tool and then click the location on the map where you want the dot.

Draw a line

• Click the Draw Line tool and then click one end of the line and then the other.

• To draw a polygon, continue clicking to form the next sides.

Draw a box

• Click the Draw Box tool and then drag with the cursor from one edge of the box to its opposite corner.

Add text

• Select the color and 1 or 2 px width from the Color and Width tool.

• Click the Draw Text tool and then click the point where you want the text to start. A promt box opens at the top of the screen.

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• Enter the text and click OK.

 Delete annotations

• Click the Clear tool to delete all annotations,  but be careful, since all selected features are also cleared.