I am using ArcGIS Pro 2.7
I imported a map document created in ArcGIS Desktop into Pro. It opened up in Layout view, and I don't know how to switch to the Map view, which was easy to do in ArcMap by clicking the tab below the layout frame. All I see is the option to activate the map frame, but this doesn't actually switch to the map view. Likewise, when I create a new map in ArcGIS Pro it opens in Map view, and I would like to be able to switch the layout view.
How do I do that?
Best Answer
Try importing your MXD into a new project as a test.
Then go to your Catalog pane and look under the Layouts node. If there is a layout listed there which does not appear as a view in the project then double-click it to open it.
Then look under the Maps node. If there is a map listed there which does not appear as a view in the project then double-click it to open it.
You should now have both the Data and Layout views from your MXD open as map and layout views in your ArcGIS Pro project, and be able to switch between them using their tabs.
You commented that it:
That makes sense because your MXD by default would have had a data frame named "Layers", and the process of importing the MXD creates a map named "Layers" from that, which appears under the Maps node in the Catalog pane, but is not automatically opened in a map view.