When areas are joined, attributes are combined based on an operation. Click the Edit Original Attribute Operation button to change the original attribute operation. The Original Attributes are listed with its intended operation and associated options. In both cases, there will be one object for each continent in the attribute table.Ĭlick the Attributes tab to manage which attributes and operations are used.
Choosing not to dissolve, the outline of each country will remain. Dissolving borders between adjacent sub-areas will leave the continent outlines. For example, when grouping the countries of the world by its Continent field attributes, the Continent field will result in five new objects, one for each continent. Not checking this option will maintain the borders of individual areas. For the latter option, choose to Dissolve borders between adjacent sub-areas. On the Join tab, select the Join Method type to either Adobe Illustrator Group areas or Create compound areas. It is noted in the Attributes section Operation column as Join on. Specify an attribute which the join will be based on.
On the Join tab, specify the Join Type to either Join all selected areas on target layer or Join areas by attribute. Specify a new layer name if the latter option is selected. On the Join tab, specify whether the join results are on the target layer or Copy the results to a new layer. Select the Target Layer on which Join Areas should be performed. The Join Areas dialog box has two tabs: Join and Attributes. To use Join Areas, click the Join > Join Areas button on the MAPublisher toolbar or from the menu Object > MAPublisher > Join Areas. Options can be set to create Adobe Illustrator groups or compound paths, while either maintaining the outlines of the original features or dissolving sub-areas into the larger area. An attribute field is defined and a new object is created for each unique value within that field. Join Areas groups art objects based on a specified similar attribute value.