User Guide

With these and other elements, MapCreate gives you a phenomenal

amount of mapping detail and information. For a more detailed list of

the map categories available in MapCreate, see Appendix 2, Map Cate-

gory List, on page 81.

How to use this manual: typographical conventions

Most Windows-based computer programs offer several ways to perform a

task, and MapCreate 7 is no exception. With mouse and keyboard, you can

access some commands four different ways! We'll show you all of them,

but we save the most detailed information for our Help file's Command

Reference section. There, the entry on each command includes a summary

box showing all the menus and keyboard shortcuts (sometimes that's the

only hint you need to get on with your mapping project).

In our User's Guide segment (Sec. 3), we usually focus on one simple

way to get the job done, usually by clicking the mouse pointer on a

menu or toolbar button. In the User's Guide, many of the instructions

are listed as numbered steps. This makes it a little easier to follow a

series of instructions when you're skimming the material.

In the printed User's Guide and the Help file Command Reference, the

actual command clicks and keystrokes appear as sans serif, boldface

type. So, if you're in a hurry (or just need a reminder), you can skim the

instructions and pick out where to click by finding the boldface com-

mands. The paragraphs below explain how to interpret the text format-

ting for those commands and other instructions (If you're already famil-

iar with Windows or many other software manuals you can probably

skip forward to Section 2: Installation, on page 25.).

Mouse

The mouse controls the movement of a graphic symbol on your screen

called the mouse pointer, sometimes also referred to as a mouse cursor.

The mouse performs an action by moving the pointer over a menu, a

button or the map and then clicking the appropriate mouse button.

When the word "click" is used alone, it means "left-click," or to press and

release the left mouse button. When you need to use the right mouse but-

ton, we will say so explicitly, such as "Right-click on the waypoint."

Sometimes a command requires more than one click. When we say

"double-click," it means to rapidly click the mouse button two times.

Keyboard

The keys on your keyboard may not be labeled exactly as they are in this

manual. All key names are shown in bold, sans serif type. For example,

the "Control" key is shown as

Ctrl and the "Enter" key is shown as Enter.