Greetings all: I have been following posts about printing from MapInfo, including printing to graphics files, postscript, pdf, as well as with a printer. I have been using MI since June of this year, but have been working in GIS for four years with other GIS software packages on other platforms with other types of demands. Based upon the demands of my job right now, the most important function I need of MapInfo is high-quality map creation and output. My job demands light weight GIS analysis, but very high quality maps. I would like as much coherent information as possible on 1. printing to files and printers, and 2. map layout and creation. I think I need some feedback from others because so far I've found that MapInfo can be unwieldy and sometimes downright painful when I try to do things like: * Arrange map layers - I'm going to need glasses from scrolling through layers in the layer control window. * display labels -I have got to be missing something with this one, because manual or automatic labeling don't work well at all for me * Display and change colors, symbols, text, etc. - Do I put non-geographic items in the cosmetic layer? Is it normal to be very slow to get to a fonts and colors dialogue box? * display highway shields - again, I'm missing something big here. * printing to a file, to be used in Adobe PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, or Microsoft Word, usually. Creating postscript files that I can preview when I put them in Pagemaker, etc. I'm still working through several different, seemingly imperfect solutions with this one. I usually get the output I need, but take too many steps to get there, I think. I know that I am missing big pieces of information regarding the aforementioned tasks. I am trying to put together, conceptually, the "big picture" of map creation and output with MapInfo. I know this will take time and effort, but my request is for any information that will help me get over the learning curve, because after months I am not as good with MapInfo as I would like to be. Thanks all. Tony D'Ambrosio St. James Capital [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
