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5. Select Xtras è 4. MAP Creation è Assign Area Defaults.
- The legend areas are converted to MAPublisher objects. The Assign Area Defaults Xtra
functions invisibly when executed. As such you will not see any visible change to your
document or workspace after this step. In this step of the procedure the three areas are
invisibly converted from basic FreeHand graphics to intelligent MAPublisher areas and
assigned a default set of area attributes.
6. Select Xtras è 3. MAP Legend è Auto Assign Legend Info.
- The Auto Assign Legend Info window appears.
7. Set the “Feature Type” dropdown list to “Area”
8. Set the “Column” dropdown list to “family_average_income” to create a legend based on the
average income of the families in each region of the map.
9. Click the “Value Range” radio button and leave the range at the default settings.
11. If you laid out your areas horizontally, click the “Sort: Horizontal” radio button. If you laid
them out vertically, click the “Sort: Vertical” radio button.
12. Click OK.
- The selected rectangles are assigned legend values and are associated with corresponding
map features.
13. Select Xtras è 3. MAP Legend è Draw Legend Layer.
- The map is updated so that the map elements match the legend symbols.
Tip: You may determine the values that have been assigned to each legend element
using the Value Range method by using the MAP Tagger tool and clicking on each
legend rectangle. See the section on Labeling - MAP Tagger Tool, page 69 for more
information on using the MAP Tagger tool.
Tip: If you are unsure of the number of legend elements to create when using the value
range option, you can quickly open the Auto Assign Legend Info window and see
how many unique value occurrences there are in the data column. You can then
simply decide on a number of legend elements that is a factor of the total number
of unique values.
Results of area legend creation using Auto Assign Legend Info (Value Range).
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