You can do this with a few added steps.
First of all, in your cosmetic layer, draw a rectangle that encompasses the
entire map window. You may want to turn autoscroll off in the Map, Options
dialog so that you can hit the corners without scrolling the map.
Select the rectangle.
On the Map menu, choose Map, Set Clip Region. You should get a message that
asks whether you want to "Retain the object used for clipping in the
cosmetic layer?". As you have no desire to see the rectangle, choose
"Discard. " If you do this more than once, another dialog will come up
asking whether you want to replace the Clip Region object.
The map should look essentially the same, because Pro is now clipping
manually to the window which is always clipped by the operating system.
Now, in Map Options, there is a section in the middle right called "Apply
Clip Region using:". Choose the bottom option, "Erase Outside (no points,
text)" This forces Pro into a clipping mode which uses the erase outside
functionality in object processing to clip the geometries at draw time to
the specified clip object, which in your case is the rectangle. This is our
slowest method of doing a clip region so if your map has many features, it
will be slower to draw. However, now you can export an EMF file and there
should be no regions or polylines extending outside of what you see. When
you ungroup in PowerPoint, you should see only the parts of regions and
polylines that you saw on the map. Note that the caveat (no points, text)
is correct as object processing does not clip these objects. However, in
most cases those objects will not be drawn if they are outside the map.
I hope this helps,
Eric Blasenheim
Software Architect
MapInfo Corporation
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Subject: MI-L emf file
I was wondering if anyone out there has used the .emf image format. I
have saved a map layout as a .emf image to use in a powerpoint
presentation. Using an .emf format allows you to "ungroup" the image
(after making it into an object) so that you can manipulate each map
element. However, when you convert the image into an object, the map
goes well beyond its original bounds which is quite annoying. Any
suggestions to overcome this problem would be fantastic. Cheers!
Michael Braun
GIS/IT Technician, Navigator Exploration Corp.
1300 - 409 Granville Street,Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6C 1T2
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