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Notes represent items on the map and may have additional content associated with them that can be displayed in an associated popup window. A note can be either a point, a line, or a polygon (area, circle, rectangle or arrow). You can use the controls in the Create group on the Home tab to create notes. In addition notes may be created when you use a control, such as Find or an Add-In, and you add the item to the map.

If you double-click the note title in the Contents window or double-click the note on the map, ArcGIS Explorer selects the note, moves to the note’s location, and displays the contextual tabs appropriate to notes.

The following table summarizes the actions you can perform on a note; the controls are present on the Tools tab and/or on the context menu that appears when you right-click a note. In addition, some of these controls are present at the bottom of a note's popup window.

Click | To do this
Go To | Navigate to the note.
Show Popup | Display the Popup window associated with the note.
Share | Share the note as Map Content file (.nmc), Layer Package (.lpk) or KML
E-Mail | Send a copy of the current note as an attachment to an e-mail message.
Remove | Remove the note. Note that you can't undo this operation.
Rename | Select the note's name for editing.
Move to Folder | Move the note to a folder.
Symbol | Change the note's symbol.
Properties | Display the Note Properties dialog, in which you can reset the note's view and location.
Set Default View | Set the view associated with the note.
Fly Along | Create an animation depicting the flight along the path of a line note. Learn about Fly Along Options
Locate | Select the note in the Contents window.
Label with | Switch between displaying labels, tips or nothing (None).
Popup Content | Edit the content associated with the note by displaying the popup window in editing mode.
Use Popup | Enable and disable the popup on a note.
Replace | Replace the geometry of the note.
Move | Move the location of the note.
Stamp | Replicate the note in a new location.