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Find your way around

Find your way around the current editor

The map stays at the centre of your work. Use Map Types to choose a different product; use the editing menus to change the map you already have open.

Current desktop editor with compact login, Map Types, editing menus and central unlock card
The current desktop trial layout. The dotted rectangle is the page guide; Map Types chooses a product and the menus below edit it.
  1. The sidebar order

    Log in or your account controls are at the top. Map Types comes next, above Save, Open and New. The editing menus start with START HERE and Import Excel. Map Types opens a separate card over the menus; closing it reveals the tools underneath.

  2. The central trial card

    On desktop, the fixed Unlock this map card lets you continue trying the surrounding map and offers Unlock my map when ready. It shows the selected product and a VAT-inclusive price. Already bought? Log in uses your existing account. The compact phone/tablet layout uses Unlock in the top bar instead of this card.

  3. Colour and Detail have different jobs

    Colour chooses which boundary level a click colours on the current map. Detail opens a suggestion for a finer map, such as districts to sectors. It does not change territory colours by itself. Map details in the sidebar controls the boundaries and labels visible on the current map.

  4. The dotted page is a guide

    In Design, the dotted frame shows the finished page area. You can drag the surrounding empty workspace as well as the map to reposition it. Print View shows the page without this guide. Artwork outside the page can be cropped from an export.

  5. Keep using the assistant

    Map assistant remains below Colour on desktop. Ask in ordinary sentences or use the microphone. Its Show me where links reveal the relevant controls, including compact menus on phones and tablets. Asking for another map does not buy it or save your current work automatically.

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