Selecting fully contained shapes

The Fully Within tool selects all other shapes that fall completely within a selected shape or area. Any shape that touches or overlaps a shape other than the one you selected is excluded.

  1. On the Editing toolbar, click the arrow beside Selection Tools, and then click the tool you want.
  2. Click a shape or select an area.
  3. On the Editing toolbar, click the arrow beside Spatial Query, and then click Fully Within.
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