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B.1. About this Section

The InstantAtlas Publisher is a tool for creating InstantAtlas stand-alone,

dynamic reports. Once installed on your computer, it allows you to create

a report with the template and the geographies of your choice. The

Publisher is a wizard style application. Each screen has a ‘Next’ and a

‘Back’ button to allow you to step both forwards and backwards through the

Publisher. The Publisher remembers the selections that you make on a

particular screen to save you time when you next publish a report.

B.2. Publisher Fundamentals

B.2.1. Starting the Publisher

You can start the Publisher by clicking ‘InstantAtlas Desktop Edition’,

‘InstantAtlas Publisher’ in the Windows Start menu or by clicking the

‘InstantAtlas Publisher’ icon on your desktop (Figure 1).

Figure 1

If you chose not to create shortcuts during installation of the software,

browse to the ‘InstantAtlasPublisher.exe’ file located in the ‘InstantAtlas’

folder created during the installation of your InstantAtlas software and

double click it. The default location of the file is C:\Program

Files\GeoWise\InstantAtlas.

B.2.2. The File Menu

The ‘File’ menu at the top of the Publisher currently contains the options

described below.

Open Project

Click this option to open an InstantAtlas project file. A project file contains

information about your publishing session (e.g. the locations of the files you

have uploaded and any settings you have typed in). It can be saved at any

point during the publishing process (see below) and then opened during a

future publishing session.

Save Project

Click this option to save an InstantAtlas project file. You can save a project

file at any point during the publishing process. Normally you would do this

at the end of the process when you have made all the changes you wish to

save in the project.

Open ArcGIS Online Application

Please refer to section ‘M.2.7. Opening an Existing Web Application’ for

specific information on this option. For general information on ArcGIS

Online and InstantAtlas please read section ‘M. The InstantAtlas ArcGIS

Online Templates’.

Exit

Click this option to exit the Publisher.