ý¸ N N N N N NHNENLNPN NWNINTNHN NANTNLNANSN NANMNPN N-N NPNRNENSNSN NAN NFNUNNNCNTNINONNN NKNENYN NTNON NSNTNANRNTN NAN NNNENWN NFNUNNNCNTNINONNN N N N N N N N Nº þ This is help screen 1. It lists the basic steps, or Atlas options, to go ºº through to create a map. Press Shift-PrtSc to print this screen. ºº þ Of course, if you are an experienced user you will want to take advantage ºº of Atlas' flexibility by choosing options in whatever order you want. ºº þ See help screen 0 for a summary of all options and keystrokes. Also see ºº help screens 2-9 for a description of function keys 2-9 respectively. ºº ºº STEP OPTION TO USE CHAPTER ºº --------------------------------- -------------------------------- ------- ºº 1. Get on-line help F1 (Help) - Screens 8 ºº 2. Choose a boundary file F9 (Map File) - Load (e.g., try 8 ºº file US48.BNB, not lat-long) ºº 3. If desired, zoom into an area Zoom Window, then F3 (Zoom) - In 9 ºº 4. Choose data file and variable F5 (Data) - File (e.g., US48) 10 ºº 5. Type in titles, specify map F2 (Plot) - Configure - Options 15 ºº colors, legend position, etc. ºº 6. Define data ranges F5 (Data) - Ranges - Assign 10 ºº 7. Assign hatch patterns F8 (Hatch) - Assign 11 ºº 8. Draw colored map on screen F7 (Color) - Hatch - Clear 12 ºº 9. If desired, label the map F6 (Label) - Names, Label Window 13 ºº 10. If desired, type comments Comment Window, then type comments 13 ºº 11. Set plotter parameters F2 (Plot) - Configure - Device 15 ºº 12. Plot map on plotter F2 (Plot) - Plotit 15 ºÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ¼