Scale Bar

The Map Tools | Add to Map | Scale command or the button places a scale bar on the map. Alternatively, right-click on an existing map and select Add to Map | Scale Bar to add a scale bar. Scale bars are divided into equally spaced cycles. Any number of cycles between one and 100 can be used. Each cycle is labeled based on map units.

To place a scale bar on a map:

  1. Select the map and click the Map Tools | Add to Map | Scale command.
  2. The scale bar is automatically placed below the bottom axis.
  3. To make changes to the scale bar, click once on it to select it. The properties are displayed in the Properties window.

Scale Bar Properties

The scale bar properties are displayed in the following pages:

General

Labels

Info

See Also

Scale