topic Re: Best practices for MXD PlottingTemplate in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/best-practices-for-mxd-plottingtemplate/m-p/480386#M27370 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Mostafa,</P><P>You can modify One of your MXDs to fit your general Layout demands and then use the<A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00s90000002w000000"> "Change Layout" command</A> to apply it to all the other MXDs.</P><P>There are 2 ways which might help you with automation of the process with different approaches:</P><P>1. <A href="http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2010/09/24/getting-started-with-python-map-automation/">Using Python code</A></P><P>2. <A href="http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2011/01/28/data-driven-pages/">Using Data Driven Pages</A> (One MXD for all the maps).</P><P>You can also <A href="http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2010/12/14/combining-data-driven-pages-with-python-and-arcpy-mapping/">combine these 2 methods</A>.</P><P>Good Luck</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:36:27 GMT YovavZohar1 2015-01-28T07:36:27Z Best practices for MXD PlottingTemplate https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/best-practices-for-mxd-plottingtemplate/m-p/480385#M27369 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>I am working with more than 100 Topographic Maps using same Legend elements except some variables, for each one I have to create an MXD Plotting Template.</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>What is the best practice to manage these mxds ?</P><P style="min-height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Mostafa</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Jan 2015 04:19:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/best-practices-for-mxd-plottingtemplate/m-p/480385#M27369 MostafaAtir1 2015-01-28T04:19:32Z Re: Best practices for MXD PlottingTemplate https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/best-practices-for-mxd-plottingtemplate/m-p/480386#M27370 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Mostafa,</P><P>You can modify One of your MXDs to fit your general Layout demands and then use the<A href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00s90000002w000000"> "Change Layout" command</A> to apply it to all the other MXDs.</P><P>There are 2 ways which might help you with automation of the process with different approaches:</P><P>1. <A href="http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2010/09/24/getting-started-with-python-map-automation/">Using Python code</A></P><P>2. <A href="http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2011/01/28/data-driven-pages/">Using Data Driven Pages</A> (One MXD for all the maps).</P><P>You can also <A href="http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2010/12/14/combining-data-driven-pages-with-python-and-arcpy-mapping/">combine these 2 methods</A>.</P><P>Good Luck</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:36:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/best-practices-for-mxd-plottingtemplate/m-p/480386#M27370 YovavZohar1 2015-01-28T07:36:27Z