Zoom to a Bookmarked Location
You can create Bookmarks on your map to save locations that you frequently zoom to on the map. Go to Map>Zoom>Bookmarks >Create to make a bookmark and Map>Zoom>Bookmarks>Go To to select a bookmark to zoom to.
Did You Know
Maptitude Learning Portal articles in the Did You Know category
Editing Layout Items
The ratio of width to height is not fixed for rectangle and circle freehand items. Hold the Shift key while resizing these items if you want to keep the aspect ratio.
Using your Mouse’s Scroll Wheel to Navigate Maptitude
If your mouse has a scroll wheel you can zoom in by rolling the scroll wheel away from you, zoom out by rolling the scroll wheel toward you, and pan by holding the scroll wheel down and dragging the map to a new location.
Locate Records With and Without Addresses
Choose the Locate records in your file by Address, ZIP Code or City option to have Maptitude try several options if your data contains a mixture of records with addresses and no addresses.
Exporting Demographic Overlay Data to Excel
You can export demographic overlay data and other information to Excel by choosing the layer to export, making it the working layer, and clicking the Export to Excel button on the Standard toolbar.
Adding Navigation Tools and Running Totals to the Selection Toolbar
You can add tools to let you navigate through selection sets or keep running totals for a certain field of a selection set by clicking Options in the Selection Toolbar and checking the appropriate boxes.
Create New Layers from Address Information
Use the Locate commands found by following Tools>Locate if you want to create a new layer from address information contained in your data.
Clearing Cells
You can clear cells by right-clicking on a highlighted range of cells and choosing Clear.
Creating a New Blank Field for Data
If you want to create a new blank field to fill with data, modify the underlying table using Dataview>Table>Modify. Then, click Add Field and set up the field as you need.
Copy and Paste Cell Values
You can use the copy shortcut (Ctrl+C) to copy cell values and the paste shortcut (Ctrl-V) to edit cell values with data that has been copied. You can paste these cell values into another dataview or into Microsoft Excel.