Adding

Images &

Objects to

your Map

Layout

July, 2014

Contents Add an Image to your ArcMap Layout ...................................................................................................... 2

Add a File to your ArcMap Layout ............................................................................................................ 3

Add an Image to your ArcMap Layout

1. Use the View menu to switch to layout

view if your map is currently in data view

Example layout of Administration Building parcel

with a few other layers

2. Choose Picture from the insert menu

3. Navigate to the image that you would like

to import & click Open

4. Resize and reposition your image as needed

5. (Optional) right-click to open properties to view and modify some of the picture properties.

Add a File to your ArcMap Layout

In addition to images, you can also create tables to include in your layout and/or import certain file

types including power point slides, excel worksheets and charts, paint images, and many more.

1. Use the View menu to switch to layout

view if your map is currently in data

view

Example layout of Administration Building parcel with

a few other layers

2. Choose Object from the insert menu

3. Choose the type of object that you will

import or create:

• Adobe Acrobat document

• Microsoft

o Equation 3.0

o Excel chart or worksheet

o Graph chart

o Power point slides

o Word

• Open document

o Presentation

o Text

o Spreadsheet

• Package

• Paintbrush picture

• WordPad document

4. Use the radio buttons to specify whether you will create a new object or create one from an

existing document, worksheet, etc…

To Create from file:

1. Choose this option from the radio

buttons

2. Browse to the file you will be adding to

your map layout

3. (optional) click on the Link button if

you wish to retain a link to the original

file

4. Click OK

In this example, we will opt to link the inserted table

and the original excel worksheet. If the original file is

modified, the changes will be reflected in the map.

5. Resize and reposition the object within

your map layout as needed

6. Right-click to open the object

properties if you wish to change the

background color, add a frame, etc.

7. Double-click to open the file & to make

changes to it if needed.

If you opted to link the map layout object to

the original file, modifications to the original

will be reflected in the map layout as well.

To sync your map object with the original

document/file, double-click to open the

current version of the file that you imported

and then close the file. Your map object

should now display the current version.

Alternately, you can make edits in the window

that appears. Saved changes to the table in

this window will also be applied to the original

table.

To Create New:

1. Choose Create New from the radio

button options

2. Choose a type from the list provided

3. Click OK

4. Create your object, in this case a

power point slide

5. Close the document to add this new

content to your map layout

6. Reposition and resize your new map

object

7. Right-click to open the object

properties if you wish to change the

background color, add a frame, etc.

8. Double-click to open the file & to make

changes to it if needed.