I keep using PowerPoint. Copy Map window, paste special.
Different options give different visual results. Also,
MS's little Image Composter is decent for pasting things
into, changing size and then saving to web friendly images.
You can't resize maps once they are saved and keep all of
the little lines clear and sharp.
In PowerPoint, you can zoom into parts of the map and it
will maintain the graphics, without having to mess up the
map window.
I used Word for my thesis. It worked like a dream. I got
the map window to be the way I wanted, Copy map window,
Paste special>picture>don't float over text.
The only thing lost was some of the different boundary line
thicknesses. Still, it worked fine and works for reports
and presentations.
Severin
BTW--It's likely we are distant cousins, Mr. Karr.
Robert Karr wrote:
>
> Greetings: We're still using MapInfo Pro 4.52 under NT4. We use a HP5SI printer
>driver to print from MapInfo to a PS file. Take the PS file into Acrobat Distiller
>and produce a PDF file. This results in a very, very small shift in colors and not
>any other changes that I've noticed viewing the PDF in Acrobat on my monitor.
>
> BUT, printing the PDF to a HPColor4500 and comparing that hardcopy to a hardcopy
>printed from MapInfo directly on the same printer, you notice differences. The color
>shift is more noticeable, but not bad. The big problem for me is the crosshatch
>patterns are very different. When viewed on the monitor, the PDF version's
>crosshatches are OK, seem to be exactly like the MapInfo original, both composed of
>fine medium gray lines laid over solid colors. When printed, some of the PDF's
>crosshatch lines are so faint they can't be seen without a magnifying glass but
>others within the same polygon are OK, in no discernable pattern.
>
> I'm still looking for a good way to get a very high resolution Layout containing
>complex maps and lots of text from MapInfo into a form that be inserted into apps
>like Word or Quark and become part of the master document without losing text or
>having fonts change or having font sizes change or having line,polygon or fill
>attributes change or some of the map missing completely or ...... . Bitmaps like
>TIFFs maintain integrity OK but when exported at huge sizes just don't have the
>resolution even when scaled down to something smaller than the original.
>
> >From the discussion on this list and other places, it seems printing to an EPS file
>is the way to go. I'm trying to get our Info Sys Div. people to install a printer
>driver with EPS capabilities on my PC. They are sometimes slow to respond to such
>request, and always very touchy about what is added to their "standard
>configuration". We've had a lot crash problems seemingly caused by subtle
>incompatibility problems. And, I'm prohibited from adding anything myself that is
>remotely executable to my PC.
>
> EPS files seem to be a "standard" file format that can contain complex graphics and
>text, and be recognized by a wide variety of apps (like Word and Quark), printer
>drivers and printers. I'm still trying to find out if there is more than one EPS
>format. My concern stems from experiences with the various TIFF formats.
>
> The long term answer seems to be to use MapInfo to develop the "information" in your
>map layers with thematics or whatever is needed to get your information across
>without bothering too much about point, line or polygon attributes, or titles and
>other such "text", then take those layers into Illustrator or Freehand via
>MaPublisher. Do the "art" part of cartography there. Any graphics app will give you
>much more control over the appearance of your map. MaPublisher allows you take a lot
>of different GIS/CAD/Cartography type files into Illustrator (usually maintaining any
>underlying data), and gives you some GIS type capabilities while working within
>Illustrator using the very powerful graphics tools there. And, Illustrator seems to
>be able to export in a lot of different formats.
>
> I have both Illustrator 8 and the latest MaPublisher, but I just can't find the time
>to learn enough about Illustrator to find out if it will solve my problems, or just
>present a new set.
>
> Every once in a while I feel the need to vent a bit about these weaknesses in
>MapInfo, just to keep in front of MapInfo and the L.
>
> Good luck. Keep us posted. ,,,,Bob
>
> Robert Karr Phone: 517-373-3028
> Science Research Assistant FAX: 517-373-0171
> Science and Technology Division
> Legislative Service Bureau
> Michigan State Legislature
> 124 West Allegan Street, 4th Floor
> pob 30036
> Lansing, MI 48909-7536
> USA
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