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Custom Shape Dataframe	Daniel Gray	Mar 02, 2007
Re: Custom Shape Dataframe	Rhonda Glennon	Mar 02, 2007
Re: Custom Shape Dataframe	Daniel Gray	Mar 02, 2007
Re: Custom Shape Dataframe	Rhonda Glennon	Mar 02, 2007

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Subject	Custom Shape Dataframe
Author	Daniel Gray
Date	Mar 02, 2007
Message	I have been trying to do this for a while now, and cant seem to figure out how to make the shape of my dataframe in layout view, something other then a rectangle, circle, or rectangle with rounded corners. If anyone knows how to do this, please post up!

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Subject	Re: Custom Shape Dataframe
Author	Rhonda Glennon
Date	Mar 02, 2007
Message	Daniel, Did you see this help topic? http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.2/index.cfm?TopicName=Clipping_data_frames_to_a_custom_shape

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Subject	Re: Custom Shape Dataframe
Author	Daniel Gray
Date	Mar 02, 2007
Message	Yes, however this only works in the "Data view" not the layout view... I want to be able to make the bounding of the actual data frame in the "Layout view" a custom shape... right now I can round the corners of it, of even make a perfect circle if I make the rounding 100%, however you cant make it a custom shape..... this feature dosent seem to operate in this manor

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Subject	Re: Custom Shape Dataframe
Author	Rhonda Glennon
Date	Mar 02, 2007
Message	Your data will appear clipped in both data view and layout view. However, if you click the data frame to select it in layout view, the "bounding box" will always be rectangular (you can't change this). If you use this procedure, you can turn off any borders of your data frame (Data Frame Properties > Frame tab) to give the appearance that the data frame itself has been clipped.