Google Earth User Guide - Manual (Page 40)

Google Earth User Guide
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
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Finding Places and
Directions
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Marking Places
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Using Layers
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Using Map Features
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Using Places
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Organizing Places Data
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Creating Folders
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Reordering
Placemarks or
Folders
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Renaming a
Placemark or
Folder
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Removing a
Placemark or
Folder
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Saving Places Data
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Opening Saved
Placemarks
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Deleting Places Data
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Showing and Hiding
Places Data
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About KML
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Sharing Places
Information
Using Places
Once you are familiar with the basics of marking places on the Earth, you
can refer to this section to learn all the features available to you in the
Places panel. This section includes the following topics:
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Organizing Places Data
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Saving Places Data
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Opening Saved Placemarks
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Deleting Places Data
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Showing and Hiding Places Data
Organizing Places Data
You can organize your saved data in the Places panel in a way similar to
how you would organize files and folders on your computer's hard drive.
This section covers the following:
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Creating Folders
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Reordering Placemarks or Folders
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Renaming a Placemark or Folder
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Removing a Placemark or Folder
Creating Folders
You can create folders and move other folders, placemarks, or shapes to
them. To create a folder:
1. Right-click on a folder in the Places panel.
2. Select Add > Folder from the pop-up menu. The folder you right-
clicked on is automatically set as the container for the new folder.
Once the New Folder dialog box appears, you can set the following fields:
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Name
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Description - Enter a description for the folder. For example, you
might enter text that gives a general description of all the placemarks
in the folder. The first few words of the description appear below the
folder in the Places panel. When you double-click the folder, the