. For more information, see also How to set up a digitizer and start digitizing or Point map : Digitizer. The point editor is used to create and/or edit a point map.
With the point editor, you can:
The point editor has a menu bar, a context-sensitive menu, and toolbar.
You can create and edit a point map with the mouse on the screen, but you can also use a digitizer when a map is fixed onto your digitizer tablet.
When digitizer is active, a digitizer menu (see Figure 1 below) with the digitizer commands appears.
Furthermore, in any map editor you can always use existing maps as a background by adding these maps as other data layers to the window, see How to add extra layers to a map window.
To start the point editor:
The point editor is automatically started when you create a new point map.
To edit an existing point map, display the point map in a map window, open the Edit menu, choose Edit Layer and select the point layer from the cascading menu. You can also click a point map with the right mouse button in a Catalog and choose Edit from the context-sensitive menu. For other methods, see How to edit point, segment, polygon, and raster maps.
Dependent point maps cannot be edited: first break the dependency links in the Point Map's Properties sheet.
When the point editor is opened, it starts in Select mode; the mouse pointer appears as a hand.
Make sure that the digitizer is properly set up (Setup Digitizer wizard) and that the analog map is properly referenced on the digitizer tablet (Map Reference). The Setup Digitizer and the Map Reference commands on the File menu of the Main window should both be preceded with a check mark . For more information, see also How to set up a digitizer and start digitizing or Point map : Digitizer.
When the digitizer is Active in the point editor, a small, floating window will appear: the digitizer menu (see Figure 1). The digitizer menu contains the commands that will be performed when pressing the buttons on the digitizer cursor. The numbers in front of the commands on the digitizer menu correspond to the numbers of the buttons of your digitizer cursor.
When in the description below, it is written that you have to press for instance the Edit Point button, you have to press the button of your digitizer cursor which corresponds with the number in front of the Edit Points option on the digitizer menu. In this example, this is the digitizer button corresponding with 3:
Fig. 1: Example of the digitizer menu in the point editor.
Zooming/Changing the window:
Press the Change Window button. Move the cursor to the first corner of the area on which you wish to zoom in. Press the 1st Point button: you now see the zoom in box tied to the first point. Move the cursor to the 2nd position of the area on which you wish to zoom in. Press the 2nd Point button.
You can also directly position the digitizer cursor on the first corner of the area of interest, press the Change Window button, then move the cursor to the second corner of the area of interest, and press the 2nd Point button.
To display the entire map after a zoom in command, press the Entire Map button.
To add points:
Locate the digitizer cursor at the position where you wish to add a point. Press the Add Point button.
Each time that you insert a new point, a small list or a small text box will appear asking for the class name, ID, or value of the new point. Whether you can enter a class name, type an ID, or type a value depends on the domain of the map.
For more information, refer to Point editor : Insert new point.
In case the map uses a class or value domain, the class name or value you just entered will be the default for any next points that you will digitize.
To cancel the insertion of the new point, press the Esc key on the keyboard.
To move a point:
Locate the digitizer cursor on or close to the point which you wish to move. Press the Move Point button. Move the cursor to the position to which you wish to move the point to. Press the New Position button.
To edit a point:
Locate the digitizer cursor on or close to the point which you wish to edit. Press the Edit Point button to open a text box. Enter a class, ID or value (depending on the domain of the point map that you are editing). Click OK or press Enter on the keyboard to edit the point; click Cancel or press Esc on the keyboard to cancel the action.
To zoom in on the map:
You can zoom in on the segment map by for instance clicking the Zoom In button in the toolbar. For more information, see Map window : Zoom in.
To choose between different modes:
In the point editor, you can work in Select mode, in Move Points mode or in Insert mode.
To switch to a certain mode:
To go to Select mode, you can also press the Esc key on the keyboard.
Select mode to select existing points: 
In Select mode, the mouse pointer appears as a hand. You can select one or more points by clicking them, in order to change their class name, ID, or value.
click a point.
When you double-click a single point, you can immediately change the class name, ID, or value of the point.
drag a box with the left mouse button and all points within the box are selected.
press and hold down the Ctrl key and click the other points you wish to select. When finished, release the Ctrl key.
press and hold down the Ctrl+Shift keys, then click previously selected points or drag a box around points: these points are deselected. When finished, release the Ctrl+Shift keys.
press and hold down the Shift key, then click points or drag a box around points: selected points are deselected, and non-selected points are selected. When finished, release the Shift key.
For more information, see Point editor : Select mode.
Editing class name, ID or value of selected points:
Depending on the domain of the point map that you are editing, you can change the class name, identifier or value of selected points.
To edit the class name, ID, or value etc. of one or more points:
When you double-click a point, you can immediately select a class name, type an identifier, or type a value. Points in a point map using an identifier domain can only be edited individually.
When you selected multiple points, you can select a class name, or type a value for the selection in the appearing Edit dialog box. For more information, see Point editor : Edit.
All changes that you make are immediately stored in the point map.
Deleting selected points:
To delete points, first make a selection, and then press the Del key on the keyboard, or choose Delete from the Edit menu or from the context-sensitive menu. For more information, see Point editor : Delete.
To cut, copy and paste:
When you choose Cut from the Edit menu, the current selection of points is copied to the clipboard and then deleted from the map. For more information, see Point editor : Cut.
To copy points to the clipboard, make a selection and choose Copy from the Edit menu. Point coordinates and point class names, identifiers or values are copied. The copied point(s) will also be available as picture.
The copied points can for instance be pasted into a point editor or as one segment into a segment editor. For more information, see Point editor : Copy.
To paste data from the clipboard into the current point map, choose Paste from the Edit menu. You can paste points, segment coordinates as points, coordinates of polygon boundaries as points, and pixels as points. For more information, see Point editor : Paste.
Move Points mode to move points to a new position: 
In Move Points mode, the mouse pointer appears as a pair of tweezers.
You can select a point and then click at a new position for the point, but you can also drag a point to a new position.
Insert mode to insert new points: 
In Insert mode, the mouse pointer appears as a pencil.
To insert a new point:
Each time that you add a new point, a small list or a small text box will appear asking for the class name, ID, or value of the new point. Whether you can enter a class name, type an ID, or type a value depends on the domain of the map.
For more information, refer to Point editor : Insert new point.
In case the map uses a class or value domain, the class name or value you just entered will be the default for any next points that you will insert.
To cancel the insertion of the new point, press the Esc key on the keyboard.
You can also insert a new point by typing its coordinates on the keyboard: select Add Point from the Edit menu or from the context-sensitive menu.
To customize the point editor:
By choosing Customize from the File menu or from the context-sensitive menu, you can for instance specify whether to show text next to your points, and choose a symbol and a color to display your points. For more information, see Point editor : Customize.
Save: 
When editing points in the point editor, all changes are immediately stored. However, to permanently store changes, you may use the Save button or the Save command on the File menu. After you used Save, any changes that you made before using Save, cannot be undone anymore with the Undo All Changes button or command. For more information, see Point editor : Save.
To undo all changes: 
When editing points in the point editor, all changes are immediately stored. However, you can undo all changes, i.e. restore the point map until the moment when you last used Save, by choosing Undo All Changes from the File menu. For more information, see Point editor : Undo all changes.
Find undefineds:
When you wish to check whether all points have a valid class name, ID or value, you can use the Find Undefineds command on the Edit menu. By using Find Undefineds, all undefined points will appear in a special color, so that you can manually assign a proper class name, ID or value to the points. For more information, see Point editor : Find undefineds.
To extend or reduce the coordinate boundaries of the map:
While you are in the point editor, you can extend the map's coordinate boundaries or reduce the map's coordinate boundaries. This will affect the area in which coordinates can be entered into the map. For more information, see Boundaries of map.
To exit the point editor:
To exit the point editor, choose the Exit Editor command on the File menu or from the context-sensitive menu. You can also click the Exit editor button in the toolbar. In these cases, the editor is closed but the map(s) remain displayed in a map window.
When you double-click the Close button or the Control-menu box, the map and the editor are closed.
All changes that you make in the point map are continuously stored.
For more information, see also Appendices : Keyboard shortcuts and Appendices : Mouse functions.
See also: