Anatomy of an Executive Summary
I love InDesign. With some creativity, you can do some really cool things with InDesign. You think DS Mapbook or Map Logic Layout Manager are good? InDesign blows them away. But when you combine InDesign, ESRI ArcMap, Illustrator, Excel, Python, ArcCatalog, Word and Photoshop you get something exciting. Look out for the Anatomy of the […]
Trim a Full Bleed Map
As a follow up to the Full Bleed Maps with ArcMap article, I’ll show you how to actually trim that full bleed map you’ve created. You’ll need this stuff: – A sharp razor blade – A large cutting mat – A trim guide or metal edged ruler – A map with crop marks In this […]
Full Bleed Maps with ArcMap
Download the mxd (9.3) used in this article here Crop_Marks_and_Bleed.mxd Incorporating full bleed into your map design will instantly improve the professionalism of your products. Full bleed refers to the ink of the map going to the edge of the paper. To achieve this effect, the map is design and produced on a page size […]
Leadered Symbols in ArcMap
This is a follow up to the “Custom Marker Symbols in ArcMap” article. So you’ve learned how to incorporate custom enhanced metafile graphics as marker symbols in ArcMap – now I’ll show you a trick to put those symbols on the end of a leader. This is useful in cases where marker symbols will be […]
Custom Marker Symbols in ArcMap
ArcMap is shipped with hundreds of symbols in the form of typefaces. You may be happy using the symbols provided by ESRI. If you’d like to create and use your own symbol, one way you can do so is using Adobe Illustrator and ArcMap. I’m going to start in Illustrator, in these examples I will […]
