Editing the mercator scale bar

The mercator scale bar and a number of other properties can be edited on the Scale and Trapezoidal tab on the Mercator Scale Bar Properties dialog box.

Pasos:

1. Start ArcMap.
   Sugerencia:

   If the ArcMap - Getting Started dialog box appears, you can open a new or existing map document. You can also check the Do not show this dialog box in the future check box and click Open.

2. On the main menu, click View > Layout View.
3. Right-click the mercator scale bar and click Properties.

   The Mercator Scale Bar Properties dialog box appears.

   Nota:

   A number displays in the dialog box to identify specific scale bars if multiple scale bars are present in the document.

4. Click the Scale and Trapezoidal tab.
5. Modify the scale and trapezoidal information as necessary.
6. Click the Size and Position tab.
7. Modify the size and position information as necessary.
   Sugerencia:

   You can also resize the element in the page layout.

8. Click the Area tab.
9. Modify the area information as necessary.
10. Click Apply to commit the edits.
11. Click OK to close the dialog box.