Unforunatgely I have never found any of the GIS's to be at all good at
making a map other than for printing - and even then it's often marginal. In
this age of the "business presentation" everyone of the GIS vendors has been
asleep. For those of you like me and Laura who have to do a screen capture
to get your map for PowerPoint� because its easier and looks OK,� try
"SNAGIT"� a screen capture utility that is far better than MicroSoft fare.
I once visited the cartographic works for the famous Swiss topo maps. THese
works of cartographic art which now days are composites of hand and computer
technology. But those skilled craftsman are likely to be left behind in the
wake of our GIS programs and computers. At the time I thought about how
there was/is this crevasse between what I do everyday and the exquisite
carto-art that they produce.
Anyway try SNAGIT (shareware)
United States
Contact: TechSmith Corporation
Mail: TechSmith Corporation
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East Lansing, MI� 48826-4758
Phone: (800) 517-3001 or
(517) 333-2100
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Canada
Contact: Datamex Technologies
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Mississauga, Ontario� L5T 2A3
Canada
Phone: (905) 565-0900
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Contact: Stream International
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> Hello,
>
> First I would like to thank all those wonderful people for being so
> helpful in trying to resolve my problem of exporting my MI layout to
> Power Point for a company presentation.� My "quick and dirty" solution
> was to open my mapinfo workspace, adjust the zoom to enable me to see
> the entire map, then I tried the suggestion of Print Screen.� I then
> opened a blank powerppoint presentation and Ctrl V the info on to the
> blank presentation. Viola! Although it is a screen capture of Mi, it
> looks reasonable.� I then email the .ppt file to our Human Resources
> department for their presentation.
>
> The quality of the captured map is just ok.� However, the following is a
> summary of wonderful suggestions that I will try in the future to get
> better quality that will enable users to actually view and read these
> maps.� Forgive me if I missed including some of you who were so kind to
> respond.� ( responses have been abbreviated somewhat to get to the heart
> of the solutions!)
>
> >From Jacques Pairs:
>
> Note:� A special thanks to Jacques for looking through his files to send
> me very detailed instructions regarding the controlled use of
> .wmf files plus including a .mbx application for window sizing.� A huge
> merci beaucoup!� I have not included Jacques solution here as it is
> contained in a zip file and is of course is proprietary to him.� If your
> interested, I'm sure that Jacques would welcome your inquiries.� Jacques
> your my Hero! Thanks.
>
> >From David Walden:
>
> Have open MI & powerpoint at the same time and drag the map
> �using the drag map window tool, (2 monitors is very handy!) from MI
> into a new blank PPT presentation. Whatever is showing on the map
> window, will be shown in
> powerpoint.
> If you double click on the map in powerpoint you will have the ability
> to have some MI functionality. You can also drag (resize) the map in
> powerpoint.
> If this doesn't work you could try dragging the map window into
> something like Corel and saving it as a bmp etc and dump it into
> powerpoint.
>
> >From James Owen:
>
> If you have photo editing software such as Paint shop Pro or Photoshop,
> you can try the following.
>
> Zoom in on a section of your layout window and copy the screen using
> Print Screen (you might have to do this a few times to copy the whole
> map) remembering to paste each image into Paint Shop Pro.
>
> You should then be able to paste these images together an save as a file
>
> you can import into PowerPoint.
>
> This method may seem long winded, but it does work ...... complete with
> notation, logos etc.
>
> >From Lenard Milich:
>
> I copy the map window directly into ppt by Paste Special and selecting
> MapInfo (the first listed choice).
> Second step is to copy the legend box.� Works flawlessly.
>
> >From Glen Boyer:
>
> Have you tried Edit-Copy Map Window from MI and then Paste in
> PowerPoint?
> We use this all the time in our presentations without many problems.� We
>
> usually just have to bold things, such as text if it was originally for
> an
> 8x11 map, or drop the fonts down real small if it is for a bigger map.
>
> >From Andrew Whittam:
>
> We've had some good results with exporting the Map window to a Windows
> Meta
> File (WMF).� Powertpoint gets a bit grumpy when the map window had lots
> of
> Polygons in though.
>
> >From James Marlow:
>
> I'd try exporting the image in some size other than the defaults given.
> I would also use
> some file format other than bmp - Powerpoint will read all sorts of
> things just fine. Try the WMF next and then the JPG and TIF formats. You
>
> might also have to experiment with your map zoom settings a bit. It is
> possible to get a usable image, but it is not always easy.
>
> >From Jo Ellen Brandmeyer:
>
> To get my maps into Word 97 I save the window as a TIF file. I found
> that
> gave me the best resolution.
>
> >From Kenneth Ahern:
>
> Try windows metafile.� When saving copy of window-attach the .wmf.� I
> have found this to be the best for map images.
>
> >From Yas Nakayama:
>
> Within Powerpoint app, you can insert Object, so select MapInfo v#, and
> �you can open tables, you can zoom in zoom out, the only thing you
> cannot
> �do I believe is to write Label on Cosmetic Layers unlike in MapInfo,
> �BUT, you can certainly go back to Powerpoint mode from MapInfo mode and
>
> �write stuff on top of them.
>
> >From Brandi Scaramella:
>
> While you have your map window up, click on the tool button (on you Main
>
> tool bar) that looks like a hand pulling on a yellow rope.� If you make
> your whole MI screen minimized so that you can be looking at both your
> MI
> and Powerpoint software at the same time on your screen...� you can take
>
> and "drag" your map window right on to your open powerpoint slide.� This
>
> should work if you have the latest versions of both (and even some
> earlier
> versions).� Both softwares have OLE capabilities (I think this stands
> for
> object link embedding?).� I believe you can also drag the MI map windows
>
> into other software that have ole functions as well.
>
> >From Brian Gallant:
>
> One thing you can try is in PowerPoint go to the Insert/Object menu and
> select MapInfo Map as
> the object type.� This will create a window on your current slide.� When
> this window appears, a
> subset of MapInfo's menus appear in PowerPoint.� There is a Table menu
> to allow you to open the
> MI tables that you need.� You can now also pan & zoom the map, create
> thematic maps, add a
> legend and use the automatic labeler in Layer Control etc.� When you
> want to make changes in the
> future you can just double click on the map window to display the subset
> of MapInfo menus again.
>
> >From Michael Naughton:
>
> f you have MI4.5+ you can use the hand with a handle tool on the toolbar
> to drag the active window to and
> application you want. One thing to consider is that when you use the
> handle tool it makes an ODBC
> connection to the map window, so if you change the window in MI it will
> also change in the program it was
> inserted into. Or if MI and .tab files are not on the machine that is
> being used for the presentation then this
> will not work. Probably the best option for you is to use the Save
> Window As from the File Menu to save
> the active window as a .bmp (large file size) or .jpg (small file size)
> etc. You could use this same Save as
> function and then e-mail the resulting file as an attachment that can be
> viewed in almost any program.
>
> >From Nigam Desai:
>
> Open the map you want, press PrintScreen (no other key with this, just
> the PrintScreen key)
> Go to Word, and paste this map (ctrl-V), you should see the map in your
> word document. This is the
> easiest thing to do. (There are a number of utilities available for
> Screen Captures, but I think this works
> pretty ok).� Try the same thing in PowerPoint.
>
> >From Ted Florance:
>
> MAPublisher add GIs and cartographic functionality to Adobe Illustrator
> and macromedia Freehand and if you created the map for publication
> through this environment you could use the MI data and acieve excellent
> looking results that could be used anywhere.
>
> >From Jo Faulkner:
>
> Instead of saving the window as a bmp, try saving it as a tif (which
> will be a much larger file...but Powerpoint compresses files when it
> saves anyway) or as a jpg which will give you a much better resolution
> than the bmp but at a much smaller file size. Alternatively try screen
> thiefing the window....I have had some success with this.
>
> >From Matthew James:
>
> One thing that worked for me was to save the layout like what is being
> described, however, choose the "Custom Size" option and make your
> dimensions almost twice as large. (You can always Cut & Paste if need
> be)
> For example, when I need to export an "A" or "Letter" sized layout, the
> "Save Window As" dialog gives me smaller dimensions than I need.� I have
> in
> the past specified 9X11 and have gotten good results for Powerpoint
> presentations.� Takes a little trial and error, but I think you will
> find
> it works best.
>
> >From Randy Metzger:
>
> I import MapInfo layouts into PowerPoint all of the time with great
> success.� This is how I also email maps to others who do not have
> MapInfo.
> Most people have PowerPoint so I make the map in MapInfo, export the
> finished layout to PowerPoint and email it.� They open it, view it, and
> print it out if they want.� It is all very easy.
>
> With the finished layout window open and ACTIVE in MapInfo, use
> FILE>SAVE
> WINDOW AS and choose the image size as "Same As Window" (it should
> default
> to your paper size). Hit SAVE.
>
> Save it as a Windows Metafile .wmf (they work the best and keep
> everything
> together).
>
> Close MapInfo and open PowerPoint.� Open a new blank presentation and a
> blank slide.
>
> Choose INSERT>PICTURE>FROM FILE.� Go to the folder where you saved the
> .wmf
> file and set the "Files of Type" for "All Files".
>
> Highlight your .wmf file and hit INSERT.� It should paste your layout
> window onto the slide.
>
> Now go to about the 66% zoom level and resize the map so that it fits
> onto
> the slide neatly by grabbing the appropriate resizing handles (little
> squares on the top, bottom and sides) and dragging them till it fits.
>
> Once you think you have it sized correctly go to VIEW>SLIDE SHOW and see
>
> how it looks as a full size finished slide.� Go back and resize or edit
> if
> necessary.
>
> >From Bob Garrett:
>
> You can also use Ghostscript (free) to create a pdf file that can be
> read
> using Acrobat. Just install a postscript printer driver, select print to
>
> file and then open the file using Ghostscript program. You can then
> print
> the file as a pdf file using the pdfwrite option.
>
> I hope that in the future that Mapinfo can make this process easier.
> Not everyone has Mapinfo software (yet!) so I would like to add to the
> wish list an easier way to export maps and to send them to others via
> email.
>
> Thanks again for everyone's help,
>
> Laura Piazza
> RSLCOM Canada Inc.
> Vancouver, B.C.
>
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