Creating notes

You can supply a note anywhere on the map using the Create Notes task. This may be useful if you are collaborating with others or need to remind yourself of something you observed or discovered. Each note has a title, text, and an associated shape that you can sketch on the map. The text you supply will appear in a popup window that you displays when you click the shape you've associated with the note or select Show Popup Window in the note's context menu in the Result window. This text can be either plain text, a link, or HTML markup. Learn more about HTML markup in notes

After you've supplied a title and text, choose one of the shape tools in the active task window: Target, Point, Line, or Polygon, and use it to sketch on the map:

Once you've sketched the shape, the note appears as a result in the Results Window. Right-clicking the note in the Results window displays a context menu:

	Add Folder	Adds a folder to the top of the Results window
	Zoom	Navigates to the spatial extent of the note's shape
	Move Here	Navigates the display so that the note is at the center
	Flash	Flashes the shape associated with the note
	Add View	Creates another view of the note. The view appears as a child node of the note.
	Show/Hide Popup Window	Shows the note in a popup window on the map. When the popup window is visible the menu command becomes Hide Popup Window, so you can remove the note from view.
	Add a link...	Displays a file dialog to associate a file with the note. Once you've selected the file, it appears as a child node of the note result. Double-clicking the file name will open it.
	Export Result...	Saves the note to a result file (.nmf)
	Remove	Deletes the result associated with the note from the map
	Rename	Selects the note result's name so you can rename it
	Properties...	Displays a dialog box to set properties of the note.
	Send To	Places the note's geometry in the task parameter you choose

To move the map while sketching the note's shape

• You may find that the shape you want to sketch is not completely contained within the current extent of the map; for example, a note along a street may extend beyond what is visible. In order to move the map as you're sketching you can use the arrow keys on the keyboard to navigate in the direction you want, moving the line or polygon side as you travel; you can optionally click the mouse to capture coordinate points while moving and double-click to end the sketch. You can hold down two arrow keys simultaneously to travel diagonally; for example, hold down the right arrow and the down arrow at the same time to move the measurement southwestward.

Notes

• Click outside the map display, on the console, for example, to stop sketching the shape on which you are working.
• Press the Esc key to cancel your choice of the Point tool.