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>From: Susan Kinne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Maptitude] Question about the lurking legend >Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:07:10 -0700 > >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 > >> > >> > > ------- End of Original Message ------- > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/C5grlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
