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====== Using the Ribbon Bar ======

{{ wiki:Ribbon_Bar.png ?550|The GIS Editor ribbon bar.}}

Most of the actions you'll perform in the GIS Editor can be accessed from the **Ribbon Bar**.  This bar runs horizontally across the top of the application's main window and is divided into tabs, each of which focuses on a specific set of tools -- for instance, selecting features, measuring features or geoprocessing data.  The ribbon is designed to make activities visible without burying them in menus and offer access to the GIS Editor's entire suite of tools from any screen.

You can change which tab of the ribbon bar is being displayed at any time by clicking on a new tab, or by scrolling with your mouse wheel.

===== Video Overview =====
{{youtube>AHtPyAOJJ_w?large|Introduction to the Ribbon Bar}}


==== Main Menu Button ====
In the upper left corner of the ribbon bar is a blue button [[|{{wiki:Main_Menu_Button.png}}]] which opens the GIS Editor's [[Main Menu]].  The main menu can be used to open, save, print or create a new project, change [[Options|application options]], view account information and more.

==== Home Tab ====
The Home Tab has many of the same options as the Main Menu for quick access. It also comes with additional controls to allow you to add layers, create and manage bookmarks, view data, and more.

==== Select Features Tab ====
The second tab in the ribbon bar is the [[Select Features Plugin|Select Features]] tab. This section of the editor provides various tools to select features on the map, find features based on conditions and keywords, and export selected features to a separate file.

==== Tools Tab ====
The Tools Tab contains several tools available to you to [[Welcome to the Map Suite GIS Editor Wiki#Processing Data|process data]]. Some of these tools are [[Merge Wizard|merging features]], [[Split Wizard|splitting features]], and [[Data Join Wizard|joining data]]. This section also contains where [[Scripts|scripts]] can be ran in Python, Ruby, or C#.

==== Edit Tab ====
Everything you need to create and manipulate features can be found in the Edit Tab. Here, you can [[Editor Plugin|draw and edit features]], change [[Edit Data|attribute data]], and perform various [[Shape Operations|Shape Operations]] to get a feature's shape just the way you want it.

==== Measure Tab ====
The Measure Tab gives you tools to measure the [[Measure Plugin|distance and area of features]] on the map in several types of unit measurement. There are also tools available that let you draw shapes on your map and get the measurements of them quickly, before committing a feature's shape and having to readjust. Any measurements you have can also be [[Export Wizard|exported]] to another file. 

==== Adornments Tab ====
The [[Adornments|Adornments]] Tab lets you customize your map specific to you by giving you tools to create map legends, custom North arrows, placing logos, and setting up how you want your scale bars to be displayed.

==== Quick Access Toolbar ====
Above the ribbon bar is the **Quick Access Toolbar**, where you can place shortcuts to features that you use often.  The Quick Access Toolbar is always visible no matter what tab or screen you're working in.  To add a button from any ribbon tab to the Quick Access Toolbar, simply right-click on the button and choose "Add to Quick Access Toolbar".
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