Menu Commands

The tables below list the menu commands. Shortcuts are shown for menu items that have them.

File Menu


Item	Shortcut	Description	For more information see...
New Workspace	Ctrl N	Launches the Home dialog box	Starting Maptitude
Open Workspace	Ctrl Alt O	Opens a workspace file	Saving, Closing, and Opening Workspaces
Save Workspace	Ctrl S	Saves changes to a workspace	Saving, Closing, and Opening Workspaces
Save Workspace As	Ctrl Alt A	Saves a workspace to a new workspace file	Saving, Closing, and Opening Workspaces
Open	Ctrl O	Opens a table or geographic file	Displaying Data for a Map Layer or a Table, Opening Dataviews from Other Sources, and Importing Geographic Files
Recent Files		A list of recently open files that can be quickly opened
Export > Table	Ctrl Alt T	Exports the contents of a dataview to a table/spreadsheet/text file	Creating a Table from a Dataview and Creating New Files from Selection Sets
Export > Image	Ctrl Alt I	Exports the contents of a map, dataview, chart, 3D theme, 3D view, or layout window as a graphic file	Saving Maptitude Windows as Graphic Files
Export > PDF		Creates a PDF with the contents of a map, dataview, layout, or 3D theme	Printing a Map, Printing a Dataview, and Printing Layouts
Export > Geography	Ctrl Shift E	Exports a layer or a portion of a layer to a new file in one of several formats	Exporting Geographic Files
Export > Google Earth		Exports one or more layers to Google Earth KML or KMZ	Exporting Geographic Files
Share > Animated GIF		Saves a series of maps as an animated GIF image	Saving Maptitude Maps in Animated GIF Files
Share > Record Video		Creates video files of a map window	Creating Map Videos
Share > Send		Sends maps via e-mail	Sending Maptitude Files via E-Mail
Print	Ctrl P	Prints a map, dataview, figure, or layout	Printing a Map, Printing a Dataview, Printing 3D Themes, and Printing Layouts
Properties	Ctrl D	Displays information about a workspace and lets you modify the properties of most windows.	Managing Workspaces
Close Workspace	Ctrl Shift W	Closes the active workspace	Saving, Closing, and Opening and Workspaces
Exit		Exits Maptitude

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Edit Menu

Item	Shortcut	Description	For more information see...
Undo	Ctrl Z	Undoes the last dataview or geographic edit	Undoing and Redoing Dataview Edits and Undoing and Redoing Map Edits
Redo	Ctrl Y	Redoes the last undone edit	Undoing and Redoing Dataview Edits and Undoing and Redoing Map Edits
Copy	Ctrl C	For a dataview, copies the highlighted cells to the Windows clipboard. For a layout, copies an image of the layout to the Windows clipboard.	Copying and Pasting Cells in a Dataview
Copy Map	Ctrl C	Copies an image of the map to the Windows clipboard.
Paste	Ctrl V	Pastes the data from the Windows clipboard into one or more highlighted cells in a dataview	Copying and Pasting Cells in a Dataview
Fill	Ctrl Shift F	Fills cells in a dataview with a value	Filling a Range of Cells or Groups of Columns with Data
Add Records	Ctrl Shift Insert	Adds records to a table	Adding and Deleting Records
Delete Records	Ctrl Shift Delete	Deletes records from a table	Adding and Deleting Records
Delete Selected Records		Deletes a group of records from the "Selection" selection set	Adding and Deleting Records
Find	Ctrl F	Finds a location on a map or a record in a dataview	Finding Locations Using the Find Command and Finding Records
Drawing > Align	Ctrl Alt A	Aligns freehand items on a map or layout	Working with Freehand Items and Moving, Editing, and Arranging Layout Items
Drawing > Center	Ctrl Alt C	Centers freehand items on a map or layout	Working with Freehand Items and Moving, Editing, and Arranging Layout Items
Drawing > Distribute		Distributes items evenly on a layout	Moving, Editing, and Arranging Layout Items
Drawing > Duplicate	Ctrl Insert	Adds a duplicate of a freehand item on a map or of any item on a layout	Working with Freehand Items and Moving, Editing, and Arranging Layout Items
Drawing > Push to Back	Ctrl PageDown	Moves the selected freehand or layout item to the back	Working with Freehand Items and Moving, Editing, and Arranging Layout Items
Drawing > Pull to Front	Ctrl PageUp	Moves the selected freehand or layout item to the front	Working with Freehand Items and Moving, Editing, and Arranging Layout Items
Drawing > Delete	Ctrl Delete	Deletes the selected freehand or layout item	Working with Freehand Items and Moving, Editing, and Arranging Layout Items
Drawing > Select All	Ctrl A	Selects all freehand or layout items	Working with Freehand Items and Moving, Editing, and Arranging Layout Items
Preferences	Ctrl K	Sets Maptitude defaults	Edit Preferences

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Map Menu

Item	Shortcut	Description	For more information see...
New Map	Ctrl N	Launches Create-a-Map Wizard	Using Create-a-Map Wizard
New Territory Layer		Launches the Territory Wizard	Creating Territories
Add Table/Spreadsheet to a Map		Prompts you for a data source and then launches Create-a-Map Wizard	Locating Records in Your File as Points on a Map and Showing Areas with Your Data Attached
Thematic Mapping > Color		Used to create/modify a thematic map where color is used to differentiate features	Color and Pattern/Symbol Themes
Thematic Mapping > Size		Used to create/modify a thematic map where size or line width is used to differentiate features	Size Themes
Thematic Mapping > Chart		Used to create/modify a thematic map where pie or bar charts are used to differentiate features	Pie and Bar Chart Themes
Thematic Mapping > Pattern		Used to create/modify a thematic map where patterns are used to differentiate area or line features	Color and Pattern/Symbol Themes
Thematic Mapping > Multiple Symbol		Used to create/modify a thematic map where symbols are used to differentiate point features	Color and Pattern/Symbol Themes
Thematic Mapping > 3D		Used to create/modify a thematic map where height and color are used to differentiate area features	3D Themes
Thematic Mapping > Dot-Density		Used to create/modify a thematic map where dots are used to differentiate area features	Dot-Density Themes
Demographic Map Librarian		Launches the Map Librarian	Using the Map Librarian
Imagery		Lists various sources of imagery that can be used for a map background	Adding Internet-Based Imagery to a Map
Update Linked Records		Used to update point layers that were created with the "Link data to map it" option	Updating Your Linked Data
Linked Records Settings		Used to see the source data file used for linked records	Updating Your Linked Data
Display Manager Toolbar		Displays/hides the Display Manager toolbar	Using the Display Manager
Territory Manager Toolbar		Displays/hides the Territory Manager toolbar	Using the Territory Manager
Legend		Displays/hides the map legend	Using Legends
Layers		Used to change the layers in a map	Changing the Contents of a Map
Combine		Lets you combine the layers in several maps into a new map	Combining Existing Maps
Duplicate		Opens a duplicate of a map	Duplicating a Map
Synchronize		Synchronizes the scale of two or more maps so that when one is changed they all are updated	Synchronizing the Scale of Maps
Zoom > Undo	Ctrl Shift B	Undoes the last change to the map scale	Changing the Map Scale and Center
Zoom > Undo All		Undoes all changes to the map scale since the map was last saved or opened	Changing the Map Scale and Center
Zoom > Overview Window		Used to create an overview window	Using the Overview Window
Zoom > Bookmarks > Create	Shift Alt C	Used to save a location on a map	Saving and Using Bookmarks
Zoom > Bookmarks >Go To		Used to display a map at a saved location	Saving and Using Bookmarks
Zoom > Bookmarks > Manager	Shift Alt M	Used to modify saved locations	Saving and Using Bookmarks
Zoom > Scale	Ctrl Alt K	Used to set the map scale to a specific ratio, width, height, or layer scope	Setting the Scale to a Value
Labels > Display Hover		Activates/Deactivates the Hover tool	Displaying Data with the Hover Tool
Labels > Hover Settings		Used to choose the layers and fields displayed with the Hover tool	Displaying Data with the Hover Tool
Labels > Undo Label Customizations		Clears changes to customized labels	Customizing Labels
Labels > Show Hidden Labels		Displays/hides labels that are hidden	Customizing Labels

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Dataview Menu

Item	Shortcut	Description	For more information see...
New Dataview		Used to choose a layer or open table to display in a dataview	Displaying Data for a Map Layer or a Table
Fields > Show/Hide	Ctrl H	Used to choose which fields to display and hide in a dataview	Arranging Columns in a Dataview
Fields > Show/Hide Manager		Used to define groups of fields to display	Creating and Using Field Sets
Fields > Properties	Ctrl Alt H	Used to change column heading and display formats and to create custom field formats	Changing the Way the Dataview Looks
Fields > Sort		Used to sort the records in a dataview	Sorting Rows in a Dataview
Fields > Sort Manager		Used to save sort orders using one or more fields	Sorting Rows in a Dataview
Fields > Freeze		Locks fields so that they are always visible when scrolling a dataview	Arranging Columns in a Dataview
Formula Fields	Ctrl M	Creates a field based on a formula using one or more other fields	Creating a Formula Field
Tools > Transpose		Creates a new table that transposes the fields and records	Transposing a Table
Tools > Group By		Creates a table with unique values for a chosen field	Doing Frequency Analyses
Tools > Duplicates		Tags each record in a table with the count of records with duplicate values of a particular field	Doing Frequency Analyses
Tools > Coordinate to XY		Displays the XY coordinates for a point layer in a map that is displayed with a coordinate system	Displaying XY Coordinates
Chart		Displays the Create Chart dialog box	Creating and Working with Charts
Statistics > Summary		Computes summary statistics for the records in a dataview	Computing Statistics
Statistics > Spatial Autocorrelation		Generates Moran's I statistic, a measure of how likely two neighboring areas are to have similar values for a specific field	Computing Spatial Autocorrelation
Statistics > Model Estimation		Estimates a model on any map layer or dataview	Estimating and Evaluating Models
Statistics > Model Evaluation		Evaluates a model on any map layer or dataview	Estimating and Evaluating Models
Statistics > Box Plot		Creates a box plot	Creating and Working with Box Plots
Statistics > Histogram Plot		Creates a histogram	Creating and Working with Charts
Statistics > Scatter Plots		Creates a scatter plot	Creating Scatter Plots
Table > New		Used to create a new table	Creating a New Table from Scratch
Table > Modify	Ctrl Shift D	Used to modify the structure of an existing table	Modifying the Structure of a Table
Table > Join	Ctrl J	Joins the data in a table to a map layer	Joining Your Data to a Map
Table > Drop Join		Drops a join that is no longer in use	Dropping a Joined View

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Selection Menu

Item	Shortcut	Description	For more information see...
Settings	Ctrl E	Displays the Selection Settings dialog box for managing selection sets	Selection Set Basics
Select by Condition	Ctrl Shift C	Used to filter records and map features whose values meet a condition	Selecting Features Based on Attributes
Select by List	Ctrl Shift I	Used to filter records and map features based on the list of values in a field	Selecting Features Based on Attributes
Select by Related Values	Ctrl Shift V	Used to filter records and map features in a working layer based on a value in a field for another layer	Selecting Features Based on Attributes
Select by Map Window		Used to filter map features that are visible in a map window	Selecting Features in a Map Window
Select by Location	Ctrl Shift L	Used to filter map features that are located in a particular area	Selecting Features by Location
Select by Theme	Ctrl Shift T	Used to convert a color or pattern theme to a group of selection sets	Creating Selection Sets from a Theme
Select by Highlight	Ctrl Shift H	Used to select a range of records in a dataview	Showing Selection Sets in a Dataview
Select by Adjacency	Ctrl Shift A	Used for selecting the neighbors of the one or more areas in your area of interest	Selecting Features Based on Adjacency
Combine Selection		Used to combine selection sets, select unselected features, create selection sets from the union or intersect of two sets, or remove selected features from another selection set	Copying, Combining, and Transposing Selection Sets

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Tools Menu

Item	Shortcut	Description	For more information see...
Analysis > Buffers		Creates buffers around point, line, or area features	Creating Buffers
Analysis > Buffers Toolbar		Displays/hides the Buffers toolbar that is used to add temporary points, lines, or areas and add buffers around them	Using the Buffers Toolbar
Analysis > Density/Heat Layer		Creates "hot spot" density maps	Creating Density Grids/Heat Layers
Analysis > Facility Location		Identifies locations that provide a high level of service to a set of point locations	Solving a Facility Location Problem
Analysis > Market Share (Huff Model)		Calculatesyour market share for an area by examining how attractive your stores are compared to competing stores	Calculating Market Share (Huff Model)
Analysis > Tag Points by Area		Tags features in a point layer with a value from a field in an area layer	Tagging Points by Area
Analysis > Weighted Center		Identifies a circular service area that encompasses a set of points and its weighted center	Locating Weighted Centers and Service Areas
Analysis > Straight Line Influence Areas		Creates straight-line based catchment areas/Thiessen Polygons/Voronoi Diagram	Creating Areas of Influence
Analysis > Desire Lines		Creates lines that illustrate the flows of people or goods from point to point based on the values from a dataview	Creating Desire Lines
Analysis > Overlay		Estimates the attributes of one or more features by superimposing them over other features	Using Overlays
Routing & Directions > Routing & Directions Manager		Displays/hides the Routing & Directions Manager for finding routes	Finding Routes
Routing & Directions > Routing Deliveries & Pickups		Displays the Routing Deliveries & Pickups Wizard for solving a vehicle routing problem	Solving a Vehicle Routing Problem
Routing & Directions > Drive-Time Rings		Creates rings that are drive-time or distance-based	Creating Drive-Time Rings/Network Bands
Routing & Directions > Drive-Time Influence Areas		Creates drive-time based catchment areas	Creating Drive-Time Influence Areas
Routing & Directions > Distance and Travel Time Tables		Creates tables that show the drive time or distance between features in one or more point layers	Creating Distance and Travel Time Tables
Routing & Directions > Distance and Travel Time Tables Web Service		Queries a web service and outputs real-time travel times and distances between origin and destination points	Using Web Services
Routing & Directions > GPS > Read GPS Data		Used to setup and track your location with a GPS receiver	Using a GPS Receiver
Routing & Directions > GPS > Import GPS Playback Data		Imports GPS playback data	Importing GPS Playback Data
Locate > Locate Wizard		Locates records in your data on a map using several passes and the best possible matching method	Locating Records with the Locate Wizard
Locate > Locate by Address		Locates records in your data on a map using address data for the highest precision	Locating Records by Address
Locate > Locate by ZIP Code*		Locates records in your data on a map using the 5-digit ZIP Code of each record	Locating Records by Postal Code
Locate > Locate by 3-Digit ZIP Code*		Locates records in your data on a map using the 3-digit ZIP Code of each record
Locate > Locate by City*		Locates records in your data on a map using the U.S. city in which each record is located	Locating Records by City
Locate > Locate by State*		Locates records in your data on a map using the state in which each record is located
Locate > Locate by County*		Locates records in your data on a map using the county in which each record is located
Locate > Locate by Metropolitan Area*		Locates records in your data on a map using the metropolitan area in which each record is located
Locate > Locate by Census Tract*		Locates records in your data on a map using the Census tract in which each record is located
Locate > Locate by Census Block Group*		Locates records in your data on a map using the Census block group in which each record is located
Locate > Locate by World City		Locates records in your data on a map using the city in which each record is located
Locate > Locate by Value		Locates records in your data to features in any map layer based on the values in one or more fields	Locating Records by Value
Locate > Locate by Coordinate		Locates records in your data on a map based on coordinate information stored in your data	Locating Records by Coordinate
Locate > Locate by Pointing		Used to allow you to manually locate records by pointing on a map	Locating Records by Pointing
Locate > Locate Images by Geotagging		Creates a point layer from geotags in images populated with the image file name and other location information read from the geotags	Locating Images by Geotagging
Locate > Index Locations		Creates a location index that can be used for geocoding features to a layer	Using a Location Index
Reports > Export to Excel		Exports data for an area of interest to an Excel file	Exporting to Excel
Reports > New Layout		Creates a new layout	Creating Layouts
Reports > Mask		Creates an area that hides the features outside your area of interest	Creating Masks
Reports > Automated Layouts for Areas		Prints layouts focused on individual features within an area layer	Creating Automated Layouts
Reports > Settings		Opens the Edit Preferences Reporting tab where you can modify your Export to Excel settings and format reports	Edit Preferences: Reporting
3D > Terrain Analysis Toolbar		Prepares data for terrain analysis and launches the Terrain Analysis Toolbar	Performing Terrain Analysis
3D > Terrain Shortest Path		Displays/hides the Terrain Shortest Path toolbar for computing a shortest path that penalizes changes in elevation	Finding the Shortest Path over Terrain from a Grid Layer
3D > 3D Map		Creates a 3D map	Creating a 3D View
3D > 3D Toolbar		Displays/hides the 3D Tools toolbar	About the 3D Tools Toolbar
3D > 3D Flight Path Toolbar		Displays/hides the 3D Flight Path toolbar	Using Flight Paths
3D > 3D Model Elevation Update		Fills a footprint area layer with the base elevation of the layer	About Footprint Layers
Editing > New Layer		Creates a new point, line, or area layer	Creating New Geographic Files
Editing > New Grid Layer		Creates a regularly spaced grid layer	Creating Grids
Editing > Layer Editing Toolbar	F10	Displays/hides the Layer Editing toolbar	Editing Point Features,Adding, Deleting, and Editing Line Features, andEditing Area Features
Editing > Layer Manager	Ctrl Shift G	Displays the Geographic File dialog box that can be used to manage geographic files	Maintaining Geographic Files
Editing > Clip Layers		Creates new geographic files that contain only your area of interest	Clipping Geographic Files by Area
Editing > Merge Layers		Merges features in the working layer and another layer into a new standard (.dbd) geographic file	Merging Geographic Files
Editing > Merge by Value		Creates a new area layer, where each feature is created by grouping one or more features from a different layer of smaller areas based on a common value in a field	Merging Records by Value
Editing > Merge by Selection Sets		Creates a new area layer, where each feature is created by grouping one or more features based on selection sets in a different layer of smaller areas	Creating Areas by Merging Sets
Editing > Point to Area Conversion		Creates an area layer based on clusters of features in a point layer	Converting Points to Areas
Editing > Point to Line Conversion		Creates a line layer based on a sequence of features in a point layer	Connecting Points
Editing > Line/Area Conversion		Creates a line layer from the boundaries of areas in an area layer or creates an area layer from features in a line layer	Converting Lines and Areas
Editing > Copy & Paste > Copy & Paste Lines		Copies segments from one line layer and pastes them into another	Copying and Pasting Segments
Editing > One-Way Line Segments		Used to set the direction of line segments in your own standard .DBD geographic files	Working with One-Way Streets
Editing > Select Zero-Length Line Segments		Scans a line layer to find and optionally remove lines which have zero or nearly zero length	Checking for Zero-Length Line Segments
Editing > Simplify/Smooth Line Segments		Simplifies lines with excess shape points, smooths lines by adding additional shape points,and removes shape points that form kinks in the line	Simplifying and Smoothing Line Segments
Editing > Conflate Line Segments		Aligns the geography of one line layer to another line layer	Conflating Line Segments
Editing > Lines of Sight		Creates a line layer in which the lines either avoid obstacles or are drawn only within the area covered by obstacles	Creating a Lines of Sight Layer
Editing > Area Coloring		Assigns color codes to areas so that no two adjacent regions have the same color	Coloring a Map
Editing > Feature Display		Used to setup style and label settings for classes of features in a layer	Using Feature Display Settings
Editing > Advanced > Multi-User Setup		Configures the required multi-user settings for geographic editing	Setting Up Multi-User Geographic Editing
Editing > Advanced > Digitizer Setup		Sets up a digitizer to use for geographic editing	Using a Digitizer
Editing > Advanced > Rubbersheet		Adjusts the locations of features in a geographic file to correct distortions	Rubbersheeting Geographic Files
Raster > Google Earth Toolbar		Displays/hides the Google Earth toolbar for accessing imagery from Google Earth	Using Google Earth or Google Maps Images
Raster > Google Maps Toolbar		Shows the location of the map in Google Maps, Google Terrain, Google Satellite, or Google Street View	Using Google Earth or Google Maps Images
Raster > Web Map Services Toolbar		Displays/hides the Web Map Services toolbar for accessing WMS imagery	Using Web Mapping Service Images
Raster > Librarian		Used to group multiple geographic images into a single library layer of images	Using the Image Librarian
Raster > Registration		Used to register a TIFF, JPEG, MrSID, or PNG image to its true location	Registering an Image
Web Services Licenses		Configures a web service for obtaining real-time travel times between multiple locations	Using Network Web Services
GIS Developer's Kit		See the GISDK Help for information on the submenus

* US only. See region help for locate commands specific to your country package

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Online Menu

Item	Description	For more information see...
Upload to Maptitude Online	Uploads your map to your Maptitude Online account (requires Maptitude Online subscription)	Uploading Maps to Maptitude Online
Maptitude Online Help	Launches the Maptitude Online Help in your default browser	Uploading Maps to Maptitude Online
Open Maptitude Online	Opens your Maptitude Online dashboard in your default browser	Uploading Maps to Maptitude Online

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Window Menu

Item	Shortcut	Description
Refresh	F5	Refreshes a map (for example, updates themes if the underlying data has been modified) or dataview (for example, updates formula field values if the data on which they are based have been modified).
Tile Horizontally	Shift F3	Tiles all non-minimized windows horizontally, giving priority to making windows wider rather than taller.
Tile Vertically	Shift F4	Tiles all non-minimized windows vertically, giving priority to making windows taller rather than wider.
Cascade	Shift F5	Arranges all non-minimized windows so that they are the same size and their title bars are visible.
Arrange Icons	Shift F6	If you have any windows minimized as icons, arranges the icons in the default arrangement.
Minimize All	Shift F7	Minimizes all of the open windows.
Restore All	Shift F8	Restores all minimized windows to their previous size and location.
Windows	Shift F9	Displays the Windows dialog box to manage windows choosing an active window or closing multiple windows.

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Help Menu

Item	Description
Maptitude Help	Opens and displays this Maptitude Help system
Data Package Help	Opens and displays help for regional data or country package that you have installed
GISDK Help	Opens and displays help for the Geographic Information System Developer's Kit (internet connection required)
Maptitude Learning Portal	Connects you to the Caliper Learning Portal (internet connection required)
Video Tutorials	Starts your Internet browser and displays a list of available video tutorials
Contact Technical Support	Starts your Internet browser and displays the Caliper Technical Support Request page
Email Technical Support	Starts your mail program and starts an e-mail to Caliper Technical Support
Caliper Website	Starts your Internet browser and displays the Caliper website
Online Registration	Starts your Internet browser and displays the product registration page on the Caliper website
Check for Updates	Checks if there is a newer version available and informs you if you are up-to-date or provides information about the new version
Manage License	Shows you which country packages you have licensed, lets you renew a license, and lets you reload a license. Contact support@caliper.com if you encounter issues with your license.
About	Displays the About Maptitude dialog box with your serial number and version information