Essential MPS-Atlas vocabulary
Naming the map series
Area of interest selection
Choosing the data frame visible extent as the area of interest
Choosing a feature class for the area of interest
Choosing a feature layer for the area of interest
Storing map sheets in the current map document
Storing map sheets as individual map documents
Applying the current map layout to the map series
Choosing a selected MPS-Atlas map sheet as the layout for your map series
Choosing a map document as the layout for your map series
Choosing layout sharing
Map document storage
Choosing the map series storage setting
Choosing the map sheet storage setting
Data frame rotation configuration
Setting up the data frame without rotation
Rotating the data frame to true north
Setting up a fixed rotation value
Using a field to define the rotation angle
Choosing a spatial reference based on a field
Using a UTM zone for spatial reference
Using the current spatial reference
Setting up a fixed buffer
Using the existing buffer
Map series scale and extent set up
Rounding the map scale
Keeping the current scale and extent
Setting up a dynamic scale
Using a fixed scale
Setting the scale based on a field
Configuring the map series without a feature layer definition query
Setting up a feature layer definition query
Creating a simple map series
Creating a map based on current extent
Adding a map series
Adding a simple map series
Adding map sheets to the map series
Choosing the data frame visible extent as the AOI for added map sheets
Choosing a feature class as the AOI for added map sheets
Choosing a feature layer as the AOI for added map sheets
Resetting map series data sources
Removing a map series
Making all map sheets in the series single
Sorting map sheets by name
Sorting map sheets by page number
Viewing error information
Changing data sources
Creating page overlays
Automatically populating page numbers
Selecting page number fields and data sources
Sorting map sheets
Renaming the map series
Storing the map in the current map document
Storing the map as individual map documents
Changing the map sheet name fields
Map sheet properties
Using the map series page number option
Creating a custom page number
Storing the map sheets in the current map document
Storing the map sheets as individual map documents
Using the current map layout with your map series
Using a selected MPS Atlas map sheet as the layout for the map series
Using a map document as the layout for the map series
Designating a name for the map sheet
Using a field to name a map sheet
Data frame managers
Adding a new data frame manager
Flashing the calculated area of interest
Removing the data frame manager
Renaming the data frame manager
Choosing the data frame to manage
Setting up the fixed buffer
Disabling the calculator
Disabling the rotation calculator
Rotating data frame to true north
Configuring fixed rotation
Defining rotation using a field
Disabling the spatial reference calculator
Choosing the spatial reference based on a field
Using a UTM zone
Disabling the feature layer definition query
Setting up feature layer definition queries
Using the map sheet area of interest
Using the intersection of the data frame as the area of interest
Rounding the scale
Disabling the scale and extent calculator
Setting up a dynamic scale for data frame manager properties
Using a fixed scale for data frame manager properties
Using a field to configure the scale and extent
Adding an additional data frame manager
Viewing error information for a shared map sheet
Changing shared map sheet properties
Setting the current map sheet
Flashing the map sheet area of interest
Resetting the map sheet data source
Removing a map sheet
Viewing error information for a single map sheet
Setting the data source
Saving a map sheet
Making map sheets single
Making map sheets shared
Changing map sheet properties
The two types of overview diagrams
Initial setup for overview diagrams
Creating fixed background overview diagrams
Using an extent indicator to display the selected area of interest
Creating a centered extent overview diagram
Creating a centered extent adjoining sheet diagram
Dynamic text
Adding the computer name as dynamic text using the default format
Adding the computer name as dynamic text using an expression
Adding the data frame as dynamic text using a property text string
Adding the data frame as dynamic text using a geometry text string
Adding the data frame as dynamic text using a spatial reference text string
Adding the data frame as dynamic text using an expression
Adding the date and time as dynamic text using a preset format
Adding the date and time as dynamic text using a custom format
Adding the date and time as dynamic text using a script
Adding a feature class as dynamic text using a field text string
Adding a feature class as dynamic text using an expression
Adding a feature layer as dynamic text using the value of a specified field
Adding a feature layer as dynamic text using an expression
Adding a map sheet name as dynamic text using the current map sheet
Adding a map sheet name as dynamic text using a neighboring map sheet
Adding a map sheet name as dynamic text using the name text string
Adding a map sheet name as dynamic text using the page number text string
Adding a map sheet name as dynamic text using the field text string
Adding a map sheet name as dynamic text using an expression
Adding a table as dynamic text using a field as a text string
Adding a table as dynamic text using an expression
Adding a user name as dynamic text using the default format
Adding a user name as dynamic text using an expression
Adding a coordinate as dynamic text using a text string
Adding a coordinate as dynamic text using an expression
Changing the font properties
Changing the position of the dynamic text
Changing the name of a piece of dynamic text
Configuring the dynamic text area
Creating a VBScript expression
Saving a VBScript expression for later use
Loading a VBScript expression
Page element rules
Creating new rule groups
Creating a new vertical rule
Creating a new horizontal rule
Editing rule properties
Renaming rule groups
Deleting individual rules and rule groups
Deleting all rules and rule groups
Moving rules and rule groups
Exporting map sheets
Printing map sheets
The Atlas command
Accessing Atlas command arguments
Defining listing options with the Atlas command
Returning map series and map sheet counts
Exporting maps with the Atlas command
Defining exporter options with the Atlas command
Printing map series and map sheets with Atlas command
Defining printer options with the Atlas command
Migrating an MPS-Atlas map book to Data Driven Pages
MPS-Atlas to Data Driven Pages functionality matrix