You could also use two windows, a Layout and a Map, that you can see at the same time.
To adjust labels, zoom the layout to "actual Size", then scroll around the two windows as needed, dragging the labels around in the Map window, but looking at the Layout to see if they're "correct". It's clunkier than what you're used to in Arc8, to be sure, but it's not that bad. HTH Spencer -----Original Message----- From: Phillips, Frank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:37 PM To: 'MapInfo-L' Subject: RE: MI-L A Question for Cartographers Thanks, Andy...other people have also suggested that. The one problem with that (even if you don't mind losing the link to the attribute data) is that the dots won't scale with the text, so it's almost impossible to judge whether or not you're placing the text label close enough to the dot... -----Original Message----- From: Andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 3:32 PM To: Phillips, Frank Subject: Re: MI-L A Question for Cartographers Frank, There is an included function called Labeler that allows you to go back to MapInfo version 3.0 labels. The utility converts the new labels (fixed size) into text objects (scale as you zoom). Click on the Tools Menu and choos Tool Manager. On the list you should see Labeler. Check the option for loaded and then you will have an entry on the tolls menu for this utility. Good Luck. Andrew Greis CompuTech/FCC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillips, Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:07 pm Subject: MI-L A Question for Cartographers > Okay, folks...as an ESRI convert, this one thing is starting to get > annoying. MapInfo beats Arc8 in 9 out of 10 contests, but in this > particular case, Arc8 is the all-out winner...unless I'm doing > somethingwrong. > > I have a point TAB with 100 points; I set the Autolabel to do its > thing, and > it does. Then, no matter how I zoom in or zoom out, the points > and the > labels stay the same size and proportion. But here's the hard > part: I'm > using size 5 points and Arial 5 point text for the labels, so they're > particularly hard to see and manipulate at that tiny size. If you > make a > layout and then zoom in, you can see how they "really" look. > > So here's the problem: the autolabel function is somewhat > inconsistent in > where it places the labels, so some of them need to be moved around > manually, but with such small labels it's hard to see exactly > where the > label landed unless I go back to my zoomed layout to see. This is > a "trial > and error" method that takes entirely too much time. Arc8 (and > even the old > ArcView 3) has a function where you can "lock" the scaling so that > when you > zoom in the dots and text get bigger so that you can see what > you're doing > with them in the map, instead of having to switch back to the layout. > > So, all of you master MapInfo cartographers, how do you manage to > manipulatetiny text labels with precision? > > Frank Phillips > Manager of Marketing GIS > Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE:VMC) > Birmingham, AL, USA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | > www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: mapinfo-l- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] number: 7313 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 7314 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 7316
