the three views. Panes can also be arranged within their windows.
6.Open the second map, the one containing the feature layer, and click its title bar to ensure that it is the active view. The Contents pane shows the content of the active view.
7.If the feature layer loaded as a group layer, expand it until an individual layer is visible.
8.In the Contents pane, right-click the layer and click Symbology to open the Symbology pane.
9.Drag and dock the Symbology pane in different locations: below the Contents pane, on top of the Catalog pane, next to the Catalog pane, and so on until comfortable with arranging panes.
10.Save the LearnPro project.
TIPWhen two panes are stacked in a window, use the top bar to move the window with all the panes together. To move a single pane out of a window, click its tab on the bottom.
Objective 1.5: Accessing the help
The help files are normally accessed in a web browser window, rather than being part of the program as in ArcMap. For offline work, the help files can also be downloaded and installed separately.
1.Open the Project ribbon and click Help. Your default browser opens to the help pages.
2.Widen the browser window, if needed, to see the outline on the left and the text on the right (figure 1.10).
3.Expand some entries in the outline to explore the content and organization.
4.Find the Search icon and click to open the search page. Type a search term, such as labels, click Search or click Enter on your keyboard, and select one of the topics that appears.
5.Examine the breadcrumb trail to locate the content in the Table of Contents outline. Click on a higher level to climb out to more general topics.
6.Examine each of the tabs, and then return to the Help tab.
7.Spend some time exploring ArcGIS Pro Help until you are comfortable using it.
8.Minimize the browser, making the help access quicker next time, and return to ArcGIS Pro.
Figure 1.10. The help for ArcGIS Pro.
Objective 1.6: Importing a map document
ArcGIS Pro can easily import existing map documents from ArcMap. Every data frame in the map document will be imported as a map, and new layouts will be created in the project. Folder connections needed to access the data in the map document, styles used to display the features, and most data frame and layer settings will be imported. If you have a map document (.mxd) on your computer, you can try importing it now.
1.Close any open maps.
2.Open the Insert tab, and in the Project group, click the Import Map button.
3.Navigate to a map document, select it, and click OK. Wait while the map document imports from ArcMap—it may take a few minutes.
4.Examine the map views in the main window. One is created for each data frame in the map document.
5.In one of the imported maps, double-click a layer to open its properties and examine the Source setting. Close the properties when finished. The data upon which the map layers are based is imported as paths to the original source in its original location. No data will be copied into the project.
6.In the Catalog pane, expand the Layouts entry and find the new layout added from the map document. Double-click it to open it. Most settings will be copied to the new layout, but you may find that a few are not because of differences between ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro. You may need to adjust some layouts or maps to get the same result as the original. Once imported, however, layouts cannot be exported back to ArcMap format.
7.Examine the layout and see if you notice any difference between the ArcGIS Pro and ArcMap versions.
8.In the Catalog pane, expand the Styles entry. Custom styles used in the map document, if any, would be imported and shown here.
Remember, ArcGIS Pro can have multiple layouts.
9.Import another map document if you wish.
10.Save the LearnPro project to save the imported map(s) and layout(s).
Chapter 2
Unpacking the GUI
Background
Users will find many similarities between the ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro GUIs but also some important differences. The ArcGIS Pro GUI is built on the same type of “ribbon” interface common to more recent versions of office software. It is more intuitive but harder to grasp for people accustomed to the ArcMap interface, because the behavior and locations of menus have changed considerably.
The ribbon and tabs
As discussed earlier, the ArcGIS Pro interface contains three types of objects: tabs on the ribbon that contain commands and settings, panes that contain information and settings, and views that contain objects being worked on.
The ArcGIS Pro GUI is highly context sensitive, meaning that it changes on the basis of what the user is currently doing. This arrangement makes the relevant tools more accessible, but it can be confusing because commands and tools do not stay put. Many tabs and commands are hidden until the appropriate context is established. For example, a layer must be selected in the Contents pane (by clicking on it) before the Labeling tab and Symbology pane can be accessed.
The layout and terminology of the ribbon are shown in figure 2.1. Core tabs such as Map and Insert are always visible, whereas contextual tabs appear only when a suitable object is selected. In figure 2.1, a layer has been selected in the Contents pane, causing the Feature Layer contextual tab set and its contextual tabs—Appearance, Labeling, and Data—to appear. Tab functions are organized into groups with titles underneath (Clipboard, Navigate, Layer, and so on). Tools, such as the Explore tool on the Map tab, in the Navigate group, cause the mouse to perform specific functions such as zooming or identifying a feature. Clicking a button takes an action such as zooming in, opening a pane, or opening a tool. Drop-down buttons, when the small inverted triangle is clicked, expand to show additional buttons from which to select (e.g., the Add Data drop-down button in figure 2.1). Finally, the small gray box, or dialog box launcher, on the lower right of some groups (as in the Navigate group in figure 2.1), opens options or settings associated with that group.
