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The problem:

I don't want the whole country included in my map.

Why it's happening:

The geographic files in your Maptitude package contain contain features for the entire country or world. You can work with these files as they are, or you can create and use your own files.

What to do about it:

To display just a portion of a map you can:

• Create a mask
• Use the Multiclipper to create a set of new geographic files that include only a subset of the data

To create a mask

1. Choose an area layer on which to base the mask
2. Use one of the selection methods to create a selection set that contains the area that you do not want masked (i.e. on which the mask will be built around)
3. Choose Tools-Geographic Utilities-Mask to display the Create a Mask dialog box.
4. Choose the selection set that you created in step 2 from the Selection drop-down list.
5. Type a name for the new mask layer.
6. The mask procedure creates new selection sets on all of the layers in the map for the purpose of hiding labels. Choose or type a name for theses sets in the Create Sets editable drop-down list.
7. Click OK and choose whether you want to save the map in its current state before creating the mask layer and new selection sets.
   
   Maptitude adds the mask to your map so that only your area of interest is displayed.

To use the Multiclipper

1. Create a new folder on your hard disk to store the files that the Multiclipper creates.
2. Choose an area on which to base the Multiclipper.
3. Use one of the selection methods to crate a selection set that contains the features that define your area of interest.
4. Choose Tools-Geographic Utilities-Multi Clipper to display the Multi Clipper dialog box.
5. Choose the layer used to define your area (the clipping layer) from the Layer drop-down list.
6. Choose the selection set you created in step 3 from the Selection drop-down list.
7. For each layer that you want to clip, highlight it in the scroll list and check the Clip This Layer box.
8. Choose the Crate a New Map radio button
9. Click OK and browse for the folder you created in step 1.
   
   Maptitude clips the layers you chose, creates new geographic files for just your area of interest, stores them in the new folder, and creates a new map from the files

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