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Release 9.2
Last modified November 21, 2007 |
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About looking at a map in data view and layout view
ArcMap provides two ways to view a map:
- Data view
- Layout view
Each view lets you look at and interact with the map in a specific way.
When you want to browse the geographic data on your map, choose data view. Data view is an all-purpose view for exploring, displaying, and querying the data on your map. This view hides all the map elements on the layout, such as titles, north arrows, and scale bars, and lets you focus on the data in a single data frame, for instance, editing or analysis.
What does ArcMap data view look like?
When you're preparing your map's layout, you'll want to work with it in layout view. In layout view, you'll see a virtual page on which you can place and arrange map elements, and you can do almost everything you can in data view, plus design your map.
What does ArcMap layout view look like?
How to look at a map in data view and layout view
Switching to data view
- Click the View menu.
- Click Data View.
The ArcMap window displays the active data frame.
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on the lower left of the view window.Switching to layout view
- Click the View menu.
- Click Layout View.
The ArcMap window displays the entire map.
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on the lower left of the view window.