Map data starting with the Data Mapping Wizard
On the Data menu, click Data Mapping Wizard.
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On the Standard toolbar, click Data Mapping Wizard
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.On the Map Type page of the wizard, click the map type that you want to use to display data and then click Next.
On the Data Set page of the wizard, choose the data that you want to map:
To map demographic data
Click Add demographics to the map to use demographic data included in MapPoint.
Select the demographic data set.
Click Next.
Note You cannot map demographic data to a Pushpin Map.
To map by importing or linking your source data
Click Import data to map it to import data from an external data source without establishing a link to that data.
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Click Link to data to map it to link data from an external source, retaining the link, and allowing future updates.
Click Next.
Select the source file that contains the data you want to import or link to and click Open.
Depending on your data source, you may have to choose specific data, or choose a separator character.
How to choose a separator character?
Notes
You won't need to choose specific data if your data source only contains one set of data (for example, if you have a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that only contains one worksheet).
You will only need to choose a separator character if your data source is a plain-text file.
Choose the Country/Region to which your data applies, and specify the data type for each column in your data.
If you are linking to your data, select the column that will be used as the primary key.
Click Finish to exit from the Import or Link Data Wizard and to return to the Data Mapping Wizard.
If you had any records that could not be matched to the map, match unmatched records.
To edit an existing data map
To modify a mapped data set, click Edit an existing data map.
Select the data set that you want to modify.
Click Next.
If you selected a Pushpin Map, on the Pushpins page of the wizard, select the properties for the Pushpin set, and then skip to step 8.
On the Data Fields page of the wizard, select the specific data fields you want to display on the map, how you want that data compared, and by what geographic unit you want to show that data.
Click Next.
Format your legend based on the map type you selected:
For these map types
Do this
Shaded Area, Shaded Circle, Sized Circle, and Multiple Symbol
Set the data range.
Pie Chart
Label the data fields and specify the size of the pie.
Sized Pie Chart, Column Chart, Series Column Chart
Click Finish to exit the Data Mapping Wizard.