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Maptitude® On-Line Training

Introductory Maptitude: Lesson 4

Dataviews
4.17 Editing and Updating Data: Editing Data in a Dataview
  • Click on a cell and enter data

OR

  • Choose Edit-Fill for the Fill dialog box

When you change a value in a dataview, the change is stored immediately in the geographic file or database. You do not need to save the dataview to save changes to your data. Saving a dataview saves only the way the data are arranged and presented, not the values contained in particular columns and rows.

Maptitude lets you edit data in several different ways:

  • Edit the data in the dataview directly
  • Fill a range of cells or a column using the Edit-Fill command
  • Clear a range of cells or a column using the Edit-Fill command
  • Add and delete records

There are some cases where you cannot edit the data you see in a dataview. For example, you cannot edit data if you check the Read Only box when you open a file, or if the data are stored in a protected file or directory on a network. Data that cannot be changed are shaded in green in the dataview.