Attribute Editor

The Attribute Editor contains the ability to edit the attributes, or metadata, associated with any object. To open the Attribute Editor click on an object. In the Property Manager, click on the Info tab. In the Options section, click the Edit button next to Edit attributes. Attributes can be added, deleted, edited, and reordered in the Attribute Editor dialog.

 

Edit or add information for each object in the Attribute Editor dialog.

 

Name

The Name column contains the name of the attribute. To change the name, click in the box next to the existing text and type the desired text.

 

Value

The Value column contains the text associated with the attribute. Values can be text or numbers. To change the value, click in the box next to the existing text and type the desired text.

 

Adding New Attributes

Click the button in the top right section of the dialog to add a new blank row. In the blank row, click in the Name box and type the name of the attribute. Click in the Value box and type the value for the attribute.

 

Deleting Attributes

Click the button in the top right section of the dialog to delete the selected row. If the button is not available, click anywhere in the row to select that row and then click the button.

 

Reordering Attributes

Click the button to move the selected attribute up one row. Click the button to move the selected attribute down one row. The order of the attributes in the Attribute Editor dialog is the same order that the items appear on the Info page in the Property Manager.

 

Editing Attributes

To edit an attribute for an object,

  1. Click on the object to select it.

  2. In the Property Manager, click on the Info tab.

  3. Open the Options section by clicking the next to Options.

  4. Click on the Edit button next to Edit attributes.

  5. In the Attribute Editor, click the button to add a new blank row.

  6. In the blank row, click in the Name column. Type the desired attribute name, such as Surveyor's Name.

  7. Click in the Value column. Type the desired description, such as Thomas Denver.

  8. To move the attribute, click on the row and click the or until the attributes are in the desired order.

  9. Click OK and the attributes are displayed on the Info page.
     

 

See Also

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