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Clicking on the View/Selected Extent menu item sets the extent visible within the Map area to contain all selected shapes.

To make the Map area display a specific shape or a group of shapes

1. Activate (highlight) the layer containing the desired shapes. Do this by clicking on its name in the Legend.
2. Use any of the following selection methods to select the shapes: Localize, Select by Point, Select by Line, Select by Polygon, Select by Circle, Select by Rectangle, Select by Line Free, Select by Clipboard, Select by Query.
3. Click on the View/Selected Extent menu item.

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1. Activate (highlight) the layer containing the desired shapes. Do this by clicking on its name in the Legend.
2. Expand the context menu by clicking with the right mouse button on the selected layer's name in the Legend and click on the Open layer data item - the Data panel will appear at the bottom of the Editor window.
3. In the Data panel, click on the GIS_SELECTED property checkboxes of the desired shapes - this operation selects these shapes.
4. Click on the View/Selected Extent menu item.

• The icon on the Standard toolbar.
• The Selected Extent item in the Map area context menu.

• To set the extent visible within the Map area to contain the entirety of all open layers, use the Full Extent feature.
• To set the extent visible within the Map area to contain the entirety of the active layer, use the Layer Extent feature.
• To set the extent visible within the Map area to as it was prior to the last zooming or dragging event, use the Previous Extent feature.