Hi Brian!
Interesting thought. No. you can't, not as such. Even if a PDF can be said to be a sort of raster file, it is not on MapInfos shortlist of known raster formats. I have worked out the following procedure (requires some assembly and access to software) 1 Get, or create the pdf file you need. If possible, fit the pdf content to the intended size of output. (this is not necessary but an advantage) 2 Then open the pdf file in some image processing software. I use Photoshop, but Corel Paint Shop can also open a pdf. 3 And here's the trick: In Photoshop you get to give the size and resolution of the raster file which is created from the pdf file. Set these factors to suitable values for your output. The trick is that the rasterization will adapt the content to the given size, ensuring that even thin lines get at least one pixels width. (as opposed to scaling down the image frame in the layout where thin features may disappear or become very faint) 4 Then save the file to a raster file which can be opened in MapInfo. I use to prefer tif (avoid jpg at all cost). 5 Then open the raster file as usual in a mapper window and place it in the layout. Small adjustments of the size are of course possible here so the size given in step 3 can be a rough estimate. Hälsning / Best regards Mats.E ________________________ FB Engineering AB Södra Förstadsgatan 26 211 43 Malmö Tel: 040-660 25 50 Mobil: 0705-27 60 27 Fax: 040-660 25 99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.fbe.se [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ----- To: [email protected] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 01/18/2006 08:59PM Subject: [MI-L] Inserting a pdf & thanks for the earlier answers Thanks for the help on inserting info from one layout to another!! Now question number 2... Is inserting a pdf into a layout possible? Brian (Embedded image moved to file: pic15006.jpg)_______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list [email protected] http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l_______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list [email protected] http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
