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About map templates
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What are map templates?
Templates can save you time in creating maps. Every MapPoint map is based on a template that determines the default settings and appearance of the map. MapPoint provides a default map template, and you can create map templates to meet your specific needs.
Virtually every setting or change you can make in MapPoint can be saved to a template. This means you can create templates for every type of map that you might want to make in the future.
Ideas for creating templates
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If you often create different maps based on the same set of data, you can create a template that includes data imported from or linked to that particular data source.
If you do a lot of data mapping, you may want to create a template that hides any panes that you don't use regularly.
If you regularly create maps showing directions to your business or home, you can create a template with your business or home already added to a route as the end point.
If you often create maps within a particular area, you can create a template with a map view zoomed to that area.
If you routinely create routes for different people or for different vehicles, you can create one template for each driver or vehicle that includes specific settings or preferences.
If you regularly create some maps for business travel and others for leisure travel, you can create different templates that show or hide particular categories of places or attractions.
If you use maps for determining if customers are within your delivery area, you can create templates that contain drivetime zones.
If you frequently need to overlay static territories with multiple sets of changing data, you can create a map template that contains your territories.
Creating a template versus using Save As
You can create a new map either based on a template or by using an existing map.
The Save As method is handy when you're creating a new map that has only a couple of minor changes from an existing map. To base your map on an existing map, simply open the map, make your changes, and then click Save As on the File menu and give the map a new name.
A template is more helpful when you are making a number of maps that will share information. Templates are also useful for storing detailed settings that you can establish once and then not have to set again.
When you use the Save As method, you must remember to select Save As and not Save, or you will modify your existing map and not be able to recover it.