Creating a plan book

With Esri Redistricting Online, you can create plan books. Plan books allow you to generate a PDF map of each district in your redistricting plan. The first page in the plan book displays the full extent of the redistricting plan. Each subsequent page in the plan book is dedicated to an individual district in your plan.

You can use the annotation and map element tools to customize each page in the plan book.

Steps:

1. On the File ribbon, click Plan Book.

   The Plan Book Layout dialog box appears. A plan book preview is displayed on the right side of the screen.

   Note:

   At any time, you can click Cancel to exit the Plan Book Layout dialog box and return to the Esri Redistricting Online application.

2. Choose the paper size from the drop-down menu.
3. Choose the paper orientation.

   By default, the paper orientation is set to Portrait. Check the Landscape option to print as landscape.

4. Check or uncheck the border option to include a border on the plan book.
5. Check or uncheck options to include map elements on the current map page:

   Page properties must be set for each page in the plan book. Setting the properties on one page does not include the properties on subsequent pages. Each district in your redistricting plan has a page in the plan book.

   Tip:

   Use the Previous Page and Next Page buttons to navigate between pages in the plan book.

   North Arrow	The north arrow shows the direction of north on the map, thereby showing how the map is oriented. If you opt to include the north arrow, you will also need to decide the placement of the north arrow on the map.
   Legend	The legend contains a description of the types of features included in the map, often using graphics of symbols or features from the map.
   Scale Bar	The scale bar graphically represents the scale of the map, typically marked like a ruler in units proportional to the map's scale. If you opt to include the scale bar, you will also need to decide the placement of the scale bar on the map.
   Annotation	The annotation allows you to add free text to your map pages. Free text can include titles and notes that can be added to each page in the map book.
   Ignore Unassigned District	You can choose to include or exclude the Unassigned district from the plan book.

6. Click a map element on the preview field to enable the map element properties.

   The map element is highlighted in red on the preview field. The selected map element's properties are displayed below the Plan Layout section.
7. Update the map element properties as needed.

   Below is a list of district map element properties you can modify:

   District map element properties

   Option	Description
   Border	The Border option lets you put a border around the map element.
   Display Labels	The Display Labels option lets you include the district labels on the printed map. This helps identify each district.
   Fill districts	The Fill districts option lets you determine the appearance of districts on the printed map. Check the option to fill districts. Uncheck the option to display districts with an outline.
   Display basemap	You can create a printed map that includes the basemap layer. Check the option to include the basemap. Note: Using the basemap restricts the scale and size of the printed map.
   Shorten name	You can opt to shorten the district names on the printed map.
   Locked	The Locked option lets you lock the map element to the current map position.
   Scale	The Scale option lets you determine the miles per inch. As you adjust the scale drop-down menu, the map size and the scale bar update dynamically.
   Padding	The Padding option lets you determine the space between the border and the actual map element.
   Show roads	The Show roads option lets you view roads on the printed map and on the print preview. Note: The Show roads option is only available on 2010 data. Be patient, it may take a few minutes to retrieve road information from the server.
   Email the print output	You can opt to include the printed plan as an email attachment to share with colleagues or business partners. Check the Email the print output option. Click Email Settings to modify the email recipients, subject, and message.

   The table above describes map element properties that you might find in the district map, north arrow, legend, or scale bar.

8. Click Print.

   A File Created dialog box opens to let you know the PDF is created.

9. Click OK to save the file.
   Note:

   You can click Cancel to open and view the PDF without saving the file locally.

   Check View PDF to open the PDF report after you save the report to your local directory.

10. Navigate to the location on your local machine where you want to save the PDF.
11. Click Save.
12. Open the PDF.
13. Click Print .