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I am using data driven pages to generate a map book of 507 utility districts in our county.  I want to select the current feature on the map page so that it is highlighted in the exported .pdf.  With the .mxd open, the base python code I am using is: mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT") for pageNum in range(1, mxd.dataDrivenPages.pageCount + 1):   mxd.dataDrivenPages.currentPageID = pageNum # Select current feature ?    print "Exporting page {0} of {1}".format(str(mxd.dataDrivenPages.currentPageID), str(mxd.dataDrivenPages.pageCount))   arcpy.mapping.ExportToPDF(mxd, r"D:\PCMElee\Utilities\RouteBooks\MapBook_PCU_RouteBooks\RouteBook_Page" + str(pageNum) + ".pdf") I have looked at a number of posts and the help. So far I not found a way to approach the problem with ArcInfo 10.0 Thank you in advance for your help and direction on this. Elee, I think I figured out a way to do what you are asking but without the scripting. If I understand correctly, you want only certain features to show on each page. So if you have a page with two or more utility areas visible, you only want to show only the features of the utility area focused on by the page, and ignore  features in the other utility areas. Here's how to accomplish this... bring up the "Data Frame Properties" of the data frame. Select the "Data Frame" tab. In the "Clip Options" section, select "Clip to current data driven page extent" in the top left dropdown. In the "Exclude Layers..." area, check all layers you want drawn beyond your utility area. In the "Border" dropdown, set the border to whatever line color and width you would like the utility boundary to appear. Set the fill and outline of your utility layer to transparent. These latter two steps will draw a line along the boundary consistantly, otherwise you will have to widen the layer lines and/or offset the lines negatively. Steven ... View more