Selecting Map Features by Name

If you know the names of the map features you want to select, you can select them from a list.

1. Right-click in the map, and then choose SELECT > SELECT MAP FEATURES from the popup menu to display the Select Map Features dialog box.
   
   
   
   
2. In the Map Layers list box, select the map layer that contains the map features you want to select.
3. In the Map Features list box, select the map features you want by doing one or more of the following:
   • Click a single map feature. For example, click Connecticut to select it.
   • Shift-click to select multiple contiguous features. For example, click Arizona, and then Shift-click California. Arizona, Arkansas, and California are all selected.
   • Ctrl-click to select multiple non-contiguous features. For example, after selecting Arizona through California, you could Ctrl-click Connecticut to add it to the selection without adding Colorado as well. You can also Ctrl-click to deselect individual features from the group of selected features.
   • Click All to select all features in the list.
   • Click Clear to deselect all features in the list.
4. When you finish selecting the map features you want, click OK.