You may already be using ArcFM Map Books to maintain a consistent look across all pages of your multiple-page maps, such as feeder maps and territory maps, but have you considered adding “mapless" pages to your map books?
Because ArcFM Map Books incorporate ArcFM Page Templates, you can easily add cover pages, legend pages, pages of explanatory text, and any other useful map-free pages to the beginning and/or end of your map books.
Start by creating and arranging the desired content in the ArcMap Layout View (View menu > Layout View). You might add a legend (Insert menu > Legend) or pictures (to embed the pictures instead of pointing to them, copy and paste the pictures from another application rather than using the Insert menu; this way other people viewing the Page Template won’t need access to the original picture files). Shrink the data frame to a small size and move it off of the paper area, as you will not be showing any map content on this page. Save the Page Template as a system Page Template to make it viewable by other users.
On the ArcFM toolbar, click the Launch ArcFM Map Book Explorer button. In the ArcFM Map Book Explorer window, select the intended map book and click Edit. When the Map Book Editor window appears, in the tree on the left right-click the map book and choose Create Map Set.
In the properties on the right, enter a name for your new map set in the Title field. On the Options tab, choose any Stored Display (it won’t appear on the page) and the Page Template you just created. On the Maps tab, add any one map grid to create a single map sheet (its content also will not appear on the page). Apply your changes.
Now you can plot (print) or export the individual mapless map set, and it will show only the content you arranged in the Page Template. If you print or export the entire map book, it will include the mapless page you created. Each map book can have as many mapless map set pages as you choose to create.
