**TO START TOOLKIT 2004**

DOUBLE CLICK ON TOOLKIT 2004 ON MAIN SCREEN

CLICK ONCE ON THE GO BUTTON

CLICK ON CONTINUE

LOG IN WITH EAUTH LOGIN

CLICK ON PERSON YOU WANT TO WORK ON TO HIGHLIGHT THEM THEN CLICK ON
CHECK OUT.

\*\*IF PERSON IS NOT THERE & IS NOT IN TOOLKIT CHECKIN WIZARD YOU CAN
SET UP A NEW CUSTOMER FOLDER --

CLICK ON THE WHITE PAPER AT TOP OF SCREEN

FIND PERSON IN SCIMS -- WHEN PERSON COMES UP CLICK ON THEIR NAME

ENTER COMPANY/BUSINESS (NAME)

ENTER IDENTIFIER (FARM #)

CLICK OK -- CLICK OK AGAIN WHEN NEW CUSTOMER HAS BEEN CREATED

THIS WILL AUTOMATICALLY PUT THEM WHERE THEY ARE CHECKED OUT AND READY TO
WORK ON

**\*\*ALWAYS CLICK ON FARMER MAN BUTTON WHEN YOU GO BACK IN TO WORK ON A
MAP TO CHANGE THE GREEN LINES TO YELLOW -- OR WHATEVER COLOR YOU HAD ON
THE MAP WHEN YOU SAVED IT**

**TO DRAW FARM & ENTER FIELD INFO FOR CUSTOMER THAT YOU HAVE NOT DRAWN A
MAP FOR**

OPEN FOLDER

CLICK ONCE ON CUSTOMER FILE

DOUBLE CLICK ON ARCGIS PROJECTS

DOUBLE CLICK ON TOOLKIT GIS -- TEMPLATE.MXD

WHEN MAP COMES UP CLICK ON ORTHO -- THEN FIND FARM

CLICK ON STAR KEY

CLICK ON PLANNED LAND UNITS

CLICK ON CREATE NEW PLAN

CHANGE LAYER NAME TO WHAT YOU WANT THE PLAN NAMED

CLICK OK

CLICK NO -- USE FEATURES FROM A SOURCE LAYER

\*\* IF YOU HAVE DIFFERENT TRACTS DRAW OFF AS ONE FARM AND SPLIT LIKE A
FIELD. YOU CAN LABEL THE TRACTS LATER ON WHEN YOU USE THE ATTRIBUTE
TOOL\*\*

EDITOR TOOL WILL COME UP -- USE POLYGON TOOL TO DRAW FARM OFF

IF YOU WANT TO SPLIT FIELDS OUT USE SPLIT TOOL TO DRAW FIRST FIELD

IF YOU WANT TO DRAW MORE FIELDS CLICK ON SELECT FEATURE & CLICK IN FIELD
TO TURN LINE BLUE THEN CLICK ON SPLIT FIELD TOOL & DRAW FIELD

WHEN FINISHED CLICK ON EDITOR -- STOP EDITING

CLICK ON YES TO SAVE EDITS

**TO CHANGE YELLOW LINE WIDTH & COLOR**

ON LEFT SIDE OF SCREEN UNDER THE PLAN NAME DOUBLE CLICK ON THE YELLOW
LINE

THIS WILL BRING UP A BOX -- CHANGE OUTLINE WIDTH AND COLOR THEN CLICK OK

**TO ENTER FIELD & TRACT INFORMATION USING ATTRIBUTE TOOL**

THEN CLICK ON ATTRIBUTE TOOL (RIGHT ABOVE STAR KEY) - TO ENTER FIELD &
TRACT INFO

SELECT LAYER -- PLAN NAME

CLICK IN FIELD & IT WILL TURN BLUE

ENTER INFO ON SCREEN & CLICK APPLY -- IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE FIELD
CLICK IN NEXT FIELD AND SO ON TILL ALL FIELDS HAVE INFO. IF FIELDS HAVE
DIFFERENT TRACT NUMBERS JUST ENTER THE TRACT \# FOR THAT FIELD AND THEN
GO ON TO THE NEXT FIELD

THEN CLICK OK WHEN FINISHED

**TO WORK ON MAP OF FARM YOU HAVE A MAP ON ALREADY**

WHEN YOU FIND FARM ON MAP CLICK ON FARMER MAN BUTTON -- ANOTHER SCREEN
WILL COME UP.

CLICK ON DOWN ARROW NEXT TO SELECT A PLAN -- THEN CLICK ON PLAN THAT YOU
WANT & CLICK OK

IF YOU HAVE FARM & FIELDS ALREADY DRAWN OFF SKIP TO LABEL FIELDS.

IF YOU HAVE THE FARM DRAWN OFF BUT NO FIELDS AND YOU WANT TO ADD FIELDS
CLICK ON THE PENCIL AND IT WILL BRING UP THE EDIT TOOL. CLICK ON THE
SELECT FEATURE TOOL AND CLICK INSIDE THE FIELD YOU WANT TO SPLIT. THEN
CLICK THE SPLIT TOOL AND DRAW THE FIELD.

WHEN FINISHED CLICK EDITOR AND STOP EDITING

**TO LABEL FIELDS**

CLICK ON THE LABEL TOOL GREEN BUTTON WITH PAINT BRUSH

CLICK ON DOWN ARROW UNDER SELECT LAYER TO LABEL AND CLICK ON THE PLAN
NAME

IN LABEL DESCRIPTION -- CLICK ON THE FIRST BOX TO PUT A CHECK MARK IN IT

THEN CLICK ON THE DOWN ARROW UNDER FIELD & CLICK ON LAND UNIT NUMBER

THEN CLICK OK

THIS WILL BRING UP ANOTHER BOX - ANNOTATION LAYER -- CLICK OK

CLICK ON THE ARROW BUTTON

CLICK ON THE NUMBER YOU TYPED TO PUT A BLUE DASHED LINE AROUND IT --
THEN RIGHT CLICK

CLICK ON PROPERTIES

CLICK ON CHANGE SYMBOL TO CHANGE SIZE & COLOR OF TEXT

CLICK OK

AFTER ENTERING FIELD #'S (INFO) GO TO SECTION BELOW

**TO ENTER CONSERVATION PRACTICE STRUCTURES**

**TO ENTER EACH PRACTICE & DRAW AFTER YOU ENTER**

CLICK ON STAR KEY

CLICK ON POINT, LINE, OR POLYGON UNDER BUILD YOUR OWN

CHANGE LAYER NAME TO WHAT THE PRACTICE IS

NUMBER THE ITEMS -- PUT A NUMBER BEFORE THE .SHP IN FILE NAME -

CLICK OK

EDITOR TOOL WILL COME UP -- DRAW THE PRACTICE USING THE POINT, LINE, OR
POLYGON

CLICK ON EDITOR -- STOP EDITING - YES TO SAVE EDITS

THEN YOU CAN CHANGE THE SYMBOL -- SEE THE INSTRUCTIONS ON CHANGE SYMBOL
ON PAGE 7

**TO ENTER ALL PRACTICES THEN DRAW**

1\. CLICK ON STAR KEY

2\. CLICK ON POINT, LINE, OR POLYGON UNDER BUILD YOUR OWN

3\. CHANGE LAYER NAME TO WHAT THE PRACTICE IS

4\. NUMBER THE ITEMS -- PUT A NUMBER BEFORE THE .SHP IN FILE NAME

5\. CLICK OK

6\. WHEN EDITOR TOOL COMES UP CLICK ON EDITOR -- STOP EDITING

THEN REPEAT STEPS 1 -- 6 TO ENTER THE OTHER PRACTICES

YOU CAN CHANGE SYMBOLS AT THIS POINT IF YOU WANT TO -- FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS ON CHANGE SYMBOLS ON PAGE 7

**TO DRAW THE PRACTICES ON THE MAP**

7\. CLICK ON THE PRACTICE NAME ON THE LEFT THAT YOU WANT TO DRAW TO
HIGHLIGHT IT

8\. CLICK ON THE PENCIL BUTTON

9\. SELECT A LAYER TO EDIT WILL COME UP -- IT SHOULD HAVE THE PRACTICE
NAME ALREADY THERE --(IF NOT CLICK ON THE DOWN ARROW TO SELECT IT)

10\. THEN CLICK OK

11\. EDITOR TOOL WILL COME UP

12\. DRAW PRACTICE

13\. WHEN FINISHED CLICK EDITOR & STOP EDITING

REPEAT STEPS 7 -- 13 TO DRAW THE REST OF THE PRACTICES

**TO CHANGE SYMBOL**

ON LEFT SIDE OF SCREEN UNDER THE PRACTICE YOU CREATED DOUBLE CLICK ON
THE SYMBOL BELOW IT

THIS WILL BRING A SCREEN WITH SYMBOLS -- TO GET NRCS PLANNING SYMBOLS --
CLICK ON MORE SYMBOLS THEN CLICK ON NRCS PLANNING

CLICK ONCE ON SYMBOL YOU WANT - THEN CHANGE SIZE AND COLOR

CLICK OK

TO ENTER MORE PRACTICES CLICK ON STAR KEY AND FOLLOW PREVIOUS
INSTRUCTIONS

**TO PRINT MAP**

CLICK ON BLUE BUTTON & ENTER INFO YOU WANT TO BE ON MAP -- CLICK APPLY
THEN CLICK ON THE X TO REMOVE BOX

CLICK ON MAP TO PUT BLUE DASHED LINE AROUND

THEN CLICK ON EACH ITEM (TDA 2005) TO PUT BLUE LINE AROUND -- RIGHT
CLICK -- CLICK ON PROPERTIES -- CLICK ON CHANGE SYMBOL TO CHANGE SIZE
AND COLOR OF TEXT

CLICK OK

CLICK ON SCALE & ARROW & EDIT THE SAME WAY

ON LEGEND WHAT IT CLICK ON THE LEFT SIDE WILL SHOW UP ON MAP -- YOU CAN
UNCHECK TO PRINT MAP BUT MAKE SURE YOU PUT A CHECK BACK BY THEM BEFORE
YOU EXIT OUT

TO PRINT CLICK ON FILE -- PRINT

CLICK ON SCALE MAP TO FIT PRINTER

CLICK OK

TO GET BACK TO ORIGINAL MAP SCREEN CLICK ON THE BLUE GLOBE TO THE BOTTOM
LEFT OF THE MAP

\*\*TO SAVE SYMBOLOGY ON PRACTICES -- CLICK ON EACH PRACTICE TO
HIGHLIGHT IT THEN RIGHT CLICK AND CLICK ON SAVE SYMBOLOGY

IF YOU CHANGED THE COLOR OF THE OUTLINE ON THE FARM CLICK ON THE PLAN
NAME ON THE LEFT TO HIGHLIGHT IT -- THEN RIGHT CLICK AND THEN CLICK ON
SAVE SYMBOLOGY

**TO GET SOILS MAP**

CLICK ON SOIL BUTTON -- BLUE, GREEN & PINK BUTTON -- 2 UP FROM STAR KEY

SELECT LAYER -- (PLAN NAME -- EXAMPLE -- TDA 2005 JE MOTTERN)

CLICK OK

THIS WILL BRING UP A SCREEN WITH LIST OF SOILS

CLICK ON FILE AND PRINT

TO CLOSE THAT SCREEN CLICK FILE & CLOSE

CLICK ON TOOLKITGIS -- TEMPLATE AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN -- FARTHEST TO RIGHT
ON BOTTOM - & IT WILL BRING MAP UP -- IF IT BRINGS UP A BLANK MAP CLICK
ON THE OTHER TOOLKITGIS -- TEMPLATE BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM

THEN ON LEFT OF SCREEN -- CLICK ONCE ON SOILS MAP TO HIGHLIGHT IT --
**MAKE SURE TO CLICK ON THE** **WORDS SOILS MAP AND NOT SOILS. THERE ARE
TWO DIFFERENT BUTTONS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN** -- THEN RIGHT
CLICK (IF ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED THEN GO AHEAD & RIGHT CLICK)

CLICK ON PROPERTIES

CLICK SYMBOLOGY TAB -- CLICK ON CATEGORIES

UNIQUE VALUES WILL BE HIGHLIGHTS

CLICK ON DOWN ARROW NEXT TO VALUE FIELD AND CHANGE TO MUSYM

CAN CHANGE COLOR SCHEME -- CLICK ON DOWN ARROW TO CHANGE

CLICK ONCE ON ADD ALL VALUES

CLICK ONCE ON APPLY

THEN CLICK ON LABELS TAB

NEXT TO LABEL FIELD -- CLICK ON DOWN ARROW AND CHANGE TO MUSYM

CLICK ONCE ON APPLY

TO MAKE TRANSPARENT CLICK ON DISPLAY TAB & ENTER 75 NEXT TO TRANSPARENT

CLICK ONCE ON APPLY THEN CLICK OK

TO ADD LABELS TO MAP -- MAKE SURE SOILS MAP ON LEFT IS STILL HIGHLIGHTED
THEN RIGHT CLICK -- THEN CLICK ON LABEL FEATURES

YOU CAN CHANGE OUTLINE OF SOILS BY DOUBLE CLICKING ON EACH SOIL
NAME/SYMBOL ON THE LEFT

TO PRINT SOILS MAP -- CLICK ON THE WHITE PAPER ICON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
SCREEN NEXT TO THE GLOBE

CLICK FILE & PRINT

THEN CLICK ON THE GLOBE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MAP SCREEN TO GET BACK TO
THE ORIGINAL MAP

MAKE SURE TO PUT CHECKS BACK BESIDE THE PRACTICES OR OTHERS ONES THAT
YOU MAY HAVE UNCHECKED WHEN YOU WERE PRINTING THE MAP

**TO EXIT OUT OF MAP**

CLICK ON FILE & EXIT

SCREEN WILL COME UP TO SAVE

NEXT TO FILE NAME -- TYPE NAME OF PLAN & SAVE

**THEN GO TO PRACTICE SCHEDULE TO SCHEDULE & PRINT - INSTRUCTIONS ON
NEXT PAGE**

**PRACTICE SCHEDULE**

CLICK ON PRACTICE SCHEDULE TAB

CLICK ON DOWN ARROW NEXT TO SELECT A PLAN

CLICK ON PLAN YOU WANT TO SCHEDULE PRACTICES FOR -- MOST FARMS WILL ONLY
HAVE ONE PLAN

IF YOU CAN'T SEE FIELDS UNDER THE TRACT NUMBER -- CLICK ON THE PLUS SIGN
NEXT TO TRACT TO LIST ALL FIELDS ON THAT TRACT

CLICK ON SELECT ALL AT BOTTOM OF LAND UNIT BOX TO PUT A CHECK BY THE
LAND UNITS -- THIS WILL SHOW YOU IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING PLANNED ALREADY

TO SET THE CONSERVATION SYSTEM GUIDES --

ONLY HAVE THE FIELDS CHECKED WITH THE SAME LAND USE -- SUCH AS PASTURE

THEN CLICK ON GUIDES -- IN THE CONSERVATION SYSTEM BOX. THIS WILL BRING
UP A LIST TO CHOOSE FROM. CLICK THE ONE YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IT -- THEN
CLICK OK

THEN CLICK ON SYSTEMS -- BELOW THE GUIDES BUTTON -- CLICK ON THE ONE YOU
WANT. IF THERE IS ONLY ONE IT WILL BRING UP A BOX THAT SAYS -- ONLY ONE
& CLICK OK

CLICK ON SELECT ALL AT BOTTOM OF CONSERVATION SYSTEM BOX - TO HIGHLIGHT
THE PRACTICES

THEN CLICK ON SCHEDULE PRACTICES AT BOTTOM OF ALL PRACTICES BOX TO THE
RIGHT

THEN AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN UNDER SCHEDULE CLICK ON THE WORD PRACTICE & IT
WILL GROUP THE PRACTICE NUMBERS TOGETHER IF YOU HAVE SCHEDULED MORE THAN
ONE FIELD.

THEN ENTER A NARRATIVE, MONTH, YEAR & PROGRAM FOR EACH PRACTICE

CLICK ON SAVE AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN -- CLICK OK ON PRACTICE SCHEDULE HAS
BEEN SAVED

IF YOU HAVE MORE PRACTICES TO SCHEDULE -- PUT A CHECK BY THE FIELD YOU
WANT IT SCHEDULED IN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN UNDER LAND UNITS

THEN CLICK ON THE BOX NEXT TO THE PRACTICE CODE UNDER ALL PRACTICES ON
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN TO HIGHLIGHT

THEN CLICK ON SCHEDULE PRACTICE AT BOTTOM OF BOX ON ALL PRACTICES

THEN ENTER A NARRATIVE, MONTH, YEAR, & PROGRAM FOR THESE PRACTICES THAT
YOU SCHEDULED. (MAKE SURE ON HUAP TO CHANGE PLANNED AMOUNT -- IT
AUTOMATICALLY PUTS IN THE ACRES IN THE FIELD)

THEN CLICK ON SAVE AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN

CLICK OK ON PRACTICE SCHEDULE HAS BEEN SAVED

MAKE SURE TO GO BACK & CLICK ON SELECT ALL UNDER LAND UNITS BOX BEFORE
YOU GO TO THE PLAN WIZARD

TO PRINT A PLAN CLICK ON PLAN WIZARD AT BOTTOM RIGHT OF SCREEN

WHEN CONSERVATION PLAN WIZARD -- TEMPLATE & LAND USE SCREEN COMES UP
CLICK NEXT

NEXT SCREEN WILL BE PARTICIPANTS -- PERSON'S NAME SHOULD BE SHOWING IN
MIDDLE OF SCREEN -- CLICK ON NEXT (IF IT ISN'T SHOWING CLICK ON THE DOWN
ARROW NEXT TO PARICIPANT AND CLICK ON THEIR NAME THEN CLICK ONADD --
THEN CLICK NEXT)

WHEN NEXT SCREEN COMES UP -- PREFERENCES -- CLICK ON THE CIRCLE NEXT TO
PRACTICE UNDER SORT BY

THEN CLICK ON FINISH

A SCREEN WILL COME UP TO NAME THE PLAN --

IF IT IS A NEW PLAN ENTER THE NAME NEXT TO FILE NAME & CLICK OPEN

IF THERE IS ALREADY A PLAN THERE YOU CAN CLICK ON THE PLAN NAME TO
HIGHLIGHT IT (IN THE BIG WHITE BOX)

THEN CLICK OPEN -- BOX WILL COME UP WITH -- FILE ALREADY EXISTS -- DO
YOU WANT TO OVERWRITE?

CLICK YES

WHEN PLAN COMES UP YOU CAN ADJUST WHAT IS ON EACH PAGE -

CLICK ON VIEW AT TOP OF SCREEN

CLICK ON PAGE BREAK PREVIEW

WELCOME TO PAGE BREAK PREVIEW BOX MAY COME UP -- CLICK OK

TO ADJUST THE PAGE BREAKS CLICK ON THE DASHED BLUE LINES & DRAG THEM TO
WHERE YOU WANT THEM (SOMETIMES THE LINES WILL BE SOLID DARK BLUE)

WHEN FINISHED ADJUSTING CLICK ON VIEW AT TOP OF SCREEN & CLICK ON NORMAL

NOW CLICK ON FILE & PRINT

TO EXIT THIS SCREEN CLICK ON FILE & EXIT -- THIS WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO
THE PRACTICE SCHEDULE SCREEN

GO TO NEXT SECTION TO REPORT TO PRS

**TO REPORT TO PRS**

CLICK ON THE REPORTING TAB AT TOP OF SCREEN

THEN SELECT A PLAN -- CLICK ON THE DOWN ARROW NEXT TO PLAN

THEN ENTER A PLAN APPROVAL DATE AND PUT A CHECK NEXT TO WORK PERFORMED
BY -- BY CLICKING IN THE BOX NEXT TO NRCS

AT BOTTOM RIGHT OF SCREEN CLICK ON REPORT AFTER CHECKIN

THEN CLICK ON SAVE -- THEN CLICK OK ON REPORTING HAS BEEN SAVED

TO EXIT & CHECK PERSON BACK IN GO TO INSTRUCTIONS ON NEXT PAGE

**TO GET BACK TO MAIN SCREEN TO CHECK PERSON BACK IN**

CLICK ON THE YELLOW FOLDER AT TOP LEFT OF SCREEN ABOVE ASSISTANCE NOTES

THEN CLICK ON CHECK IN/CHECK OUT TAB AT TOP OF SCREEN

CLICK ON CUSTOMER TO HIGHLIGHT (CUSTOMER MAY ALREADY BE HIGHLIGHT) --
THEN CLICK ON CHECKIN IN MIDDLE OF SCREEN

**TO DELETE A PRACTICE YOU HAVE CREATED**

CLICK ONCE ON PRACTICE NAME ON LEFT TO HIGHLIGHT IT --

RIGHT CLICK & THEN CLICK ON REMOVE

**TO DELETE A MAP**

CLICK ONCE ON CUSTOMER FILE

DOUBLE CLICK ON ARCGIS PROJECTS

RIGHT CLICK ON THE FILE YOU WANT TO DELETE

CLICK ON DELETE

**TO DELETE A PLAN**

CLICK ONCE ON CUSTOMER FILE

DOUBLE CLICK ON PLAN REPORTS

RIGHT CLICK ON PLAN YOU WANT TO DELETE

CLICK ON DELETE