You can activate a map frame in your layout to access the Map window context menu (the right-click pop-up menu). When you activate a map frame, you have access to all of the editing commands that are available for the corresponding Map window. Making changes in a map frame affects only that frame. If the map frame was created by copying a Map window into the layout, the frame and the window are two separate maps. Modifying the map frame has no effect on the original Map window.
The content of an active map frame in the Layout window differs from that of the stand-alone Map window. The display of the map, in particular the display of labels, is based on the printer metrics associated with the Layout window. The labels displayed may differ from those displayed in a stand-alone Map window, which uses screen metrics.
To edit the display of a map frame:
- Right-click on the map frame and click Activate, or double-click on the map. This highlights the border of the active frame.
- Select an object on the map frame and then right-click to open a pop-up menu.
- Make a selection to change the view of the map, edit the selected object, or get more information about the object.
The map options are located on the MAP tab under the Options group. For a description of the map options, search for the options in the Help System.
The contents of the frame is fully embedded in the Layout window and not linked to any other window, so editing the contents of the frame in the layout does not affect the display in the corresponding Map window.
Clicking away from the active frame deactivates it.