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To get this result...Use this method...On a product-wide
level...
Modify the .ini files that specify
import and export settings.
See
Customizing the Import and
Export .ini Files (page 264).
Edit the mapexport.ini file using a text
editor such as WordPad.
Customize and automate
import and export opera-
tions.
To get this result...Use this method...On a map-wide basis...
Specify the coordinate system used for at-
tached drawings and for the current
drawing.
See Assigning Coordinate Systems (page
142)
Click Map Setup tab ➤ Co-
ordinate System panel ➤ As-
sign.
Assign a coordinate system.
Work with objects from other drawings by
attaching those drawings to the current
map and querying in the objects.
See Overview of Attaching Drawings (page
154)
Drag a drawing file from
Windows Explorer to the
Map Explorer tab of the
Task Pane.
Attach drawings.
Specify how attached drawings work with
the current drawing and view information
about attached drawings.
See Modifying Attached Drawing Settings
(page 163).
At the Command prompt,
enter adedrawings.
Modify the settings for at-
tached drawings.
Save and reuse drawing queries in a library.
See Overview of Using the Query Library
(page 174).
Set up queries.
1 To save the current
query, click Home
tab ➤ Data pan-
el ➤ Define Query.
2 To run a saved query,
click Create
tab ➤ Object Query
panel ➤ Run.
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