Esri Maps for Office is a downloadable application available to all ArcGIS Online subscribers, paid or trial accounts. This application allows you to create dynamic maps of your Excel data without leaving the Excel environment. You can analyze your data in a location-based context by creating clustered point maps or heat maps to understand the density of point features. You can also share the maps that you create in Excel to ArcGIS Online or copy and paste them into your PowerPoint presentations or Word documents.

This task sheet will introduce you to the basics of using ESRI Maps for Office and demonstrate how to make a choropleth map within the Excel environment.