Re: [Maptitude] Question about the lurking legend

Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:49:14 -0700

You may also try the PrintScreen key on your keyboard (right of the F12 key). Then use the paste function to get the map in word/powerpoint. Use the 'crop' icon to crop the image. The quality is very high but the price you pay for such 'wmf's (windows meta files) is megabyte size files! Anyway, Dr. Hoskins is right. The double legend/illegible legend problem is still there in Maptitude. I create my own legends in MSOffice. -Rudy.

On 6/30/06, Susan Kinne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

That does it nicely. Thank you, all.

Susan



Hoskins, Richard E. (DOH) wrote:
> Use "insert picture" not object.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Susan Kinne
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:07 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Maptitude] Question about the lurking legend
>
> When I output the map to .png, I can open it and see that only one
> legend appears. So far, so good. Now here's an ignorant question: how
> do I insert such a map into a Word file or into PowerPoint? When I try
> to 'Insert Object' in Word I can open and edit the map but cannot figure
> how to implant it in the file.
>
> Thanks, Susan
>
> Larry Manire wrote:
>
>> I haven't been following this discussion closely, but was there
>> mention of outputting to PNG? We have found that gives very good
>>
> results.
>
>> Larry Manire
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original Message -----------
>> From: "Richard Hoskins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: < [email protected]>
>> Sent: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:03:25 -0700
>> Subject: RE: [Maptitude] Question about the lurking legend
>>
>>
>>
>>> When I try the same I get the same. See attachment 1. I reported this
>>>
>
>
>>> for Mapt 4.6 or 4.5 years ago. Looks like it has not been fixed.
>>>
>>> I have a lot of trouble with the layouts, exporting map windows into
>>> various file formats, etc. See attachment 2 for a .emf file. The
>>> legend is unuseable and the map has been stretched.
>>>
>>> Legends need a lot of work by Caliper. Thematic mapping is way
>>> behind other GISs now. Hopefully they are fixed in 4.8
>>>
>>> But I find I can get pretty good results by forgetting about
>>> Maptitude's output capability and using Wisdom-Soft's Screen Hunter.
>>> A screen capture utility. I crank up the resolution of my monitor,
>>> although really seldom necessary, and region capture what I need from
>>>
>
>
>>> Maptitude, saving as a jpeg or .gif and then importing into
>>> PowerPoint. I capture the map window and then the non-attached legend
>>>
>
>
>>> window and I can get pretty much what I want in PowerPoint. Often I
>>> make a custom legend with the simple drawing and image tools in
>>>
> PowerPoint.
>
>>> I was at a large epidemiology meeting recently where there were
>>> hundreds of 3 x 4' posters displayed, and virtually all made in
>>> PowerPoint and using screen capture utilities because none of the
>>> statistical packages or GIS packages produce really useable image
>>>
> output.
>
>>> Richard E. Hoskins
>>>
>>> _____
>>>
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]]
>>> On Behalf Of Susan Kinne Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 3:26 PM To:
>>>
>>>
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
>>> Subject: [Maptitude] Question about the lurking legend
>>>
>>> When I do a quick-and-dirty copy and paste of a map into a Word file,
>>>
>
>
>>> I end up with two legends--one where I left it, attached to the map,
>>>
>
>
>>> and the other in the opposite upper corner. I can't figure how to get
>>>
>
>
>>> rid of the extra legend (nor have I figured out exactly how to open
>>> the legend in a separate window when I detach it from the map).
>>>
>>> Help would be appreciated. I can't find anything about this in the
>>>
> manual.
>
>>> Susan Kinne
>>>
>>>
>>>
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