Now that you know what factors can impact the design of your layout, it is time to learn how to actually create a new layout in ArcGIS Pro. ArcGIS Pro supports several methods for creating new layouts. You can start from scratch, adding a new blank layout to your project, or you can import an existing map document file that was created using ArcMap, another Esri desktop GIS application. You can also copy an existing layout within your project, or you can use a map or import a layout file as a template.
We will now explore a couple of these methods using the project that we created in Exercise 3B and Exercise 3C in Chapter 3, Creating 2D Maps. The director has asked you to print a few of the maps you created in those exercises. So, you will create a layout for each map that the director wants to be printed.
However, before you get started on creating the requested layouts, in this section, you will explore the general workflow required...
