Help creating map templates..!

[CharlotteH]

Sorry if this has been asked before, struggling to find the answers anywhere online or in the manual!

I'm fairly new to ArcGIS but have been asked to create a company template for ArcMap. What I want is to create a text box with details such as company name/logo and space to fill in a project code/title. The idea is for this to sit in the bottom corner of every new map created.

I've worked out how to create a logo box and have saved it as a template, however, if I go into data view to produce a map then switch back to layout view it's as though the template and the map become attached - i.e. if I move my map around/zoom in etc then the logo box I've created is also moved around/zoomed in.

Can anyone tell me how to create a template that can be added to any new map and will stay fixed in the bottom corner of the page regardless of what I do to edit the map?

Thanks for your help, apologies if I've not explained my problem very clearly!

[BenjaminGale]

From you description I am I thinking this issue might be caused from the toolbar you are using when in layout view.

While in layout view...

If you are using the layout toolbar (has pieces of paper in the icons and a zoom percent) then the actions you preform, like zooming or panning, will affect the entire page.

However, using the tools toolbar should only effect the data frame (map) on the page and the everything else on the page should remain as is.


Another possibility is that you put the text in the data frame in which case it would always act the same as the map. However, from you description this seems less likely.


Hope that helps. = )