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Keyboard Shortcuts & Preferences

• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Preferences

Overview of Tools and Windows

• Document Viewing Aids
• Using the Toolbar
• Staying Organized With Layers
• The Drawing Tools
• Tool – Object Behavior
• The Symbols Palette
• The Object Inspector
• The Library Manager
• The Style Inspector
• The Image Browser
• Using the Fonts Panel
• Using the Colors Panel
• Search Using Find and Advanced Find

Setting Up, Opening, and Saving a Drawing

• Setting Up a New Drawing
• Setting Map Scale
• Saving Your Drawing
• Exporting Ortelius Drawings
• Printing

Working With Layers

• Layer Behavior
• Guides
• Graph Paper Layer
• Index Grid Layer
• Border Layers

Working With Connectable Tracks

• Connectable Tracks
• Using Linear Select

Working With Shapes

• Combining and Clipping Shapes

Working With Styles and Symbols

• Using the Style Inspector
• Style Components
• Sharing Styles and Symbols
• Symbols
• Special Symbols
• Creating New Symbols

Working With Images

• Setting Image Properties

Working With Text and Labels

• Simple Text Objects
• Making New Text Styles
• Direct Feature Labeling
• Line Feature Labels
• Point Feature Labels
• Area Feature Labels
• Intelligent Labeling With Attributes
• Working With Feature Attributes

Working With Map Elements

• Inserting A Scale Bar
• Adding a Map Legend / Key
• Inserting a Frame Border
• Inserting a North Arrow

Additional Information

• Credits
• Trouble Shooting