Course Outline
MapPoint - Basics
Versions 2004/2006
 

Phone:717-560-3552
Fax:717-569-1135
E-Mail: Registrar@pceasy.com

Program Objectives: Students will learn how to create different styles of maps, get driving directions, identify sales territories, create virtual pushpins to identify key points of a map, and map demographic zones.

• Introduction to MapPoint

• Starting MapPoint

• MapPoint Screen Components

• Viewing the Map in Different Ways

• Moving Around Within MapPoint

• Zoom Control

• Legend and Overview Task Pane

• Default Settings in MapPoint

• Help Feature

• Saving a File

• Page Orientation – Portrait vs. Landscape

• Printing a Map

• Copying and Pasting a Map

• Opening a File

• Save As Feature – Cloning a File

• Save vs. Save As

• Starting a New File

• Find Feature

• Pushpin Features

  • Shortcut Menu

  • Show Information Options

  • Changing Pushpin Name

  • Changing Pushpin Style

  • Highlighting a Map Area

  • Finding Nearby Places Feature

  • Show or Hide Places

• Changing Map Font

• Reversing an Action

• Sending a Map as an Attachment

• Sending a Map as a Picture

• Setting Up Data in Excel

• Mapping Sales Figures

• Wizards

  • Import Data Wizard

  • Data Mapping Wizard

  • Create Territories Wizard

  • Link Data Wizard

• Finding Your Target Customers

• Mapping the Target Income Level

• Zoom to 48 States Feature

• Taking a Closer Look at Map Results

• How to Work With Territories

• Assign Work Based on Territories

• Zoom to Selection Feature

• Tracking Your Inventory

• Displaying Information on the Map

• Linking Data to Excel

• Route Planner

• Exiting From MapPoint