Fellow Maptituders, Did you ever want to copy an annotation from one layout to another? Perhaps you have a copyright notice that you put on every layout and don't want to have to set the font, color, fills, border each time? You probably do what I used to do: save an existing layout as a template for reuse. But then you can't take advantage of the file handle trick offered by the "new_layout" add-in (see Message #4069 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/message/4069 and http://www.directionsmag.com/files/view/new-layout-03/139546).
My new "Copy Annotation" add-in eliminates this trade-off by allowing you to copy annotations (freehand text; freehand curved text; freehand shapes, lines, and curves; freehand symbols; freehand bitmaps; and north arrows [maps only]) from one map to another or from one layout to another. A few things to note about this add-in: - You can copy map to map or layout to layout, but not from layout to map (or vice-versa). - You cannot copy maps from layout to layout. You also cannot copy map legends; these are tied to their parent maps. - Annotations copied from map to map will appear in the same spot on the world (as opposed to the same spot on-screen). The copy will be a different size if the scales of the two maps differ. You may download this utility at the Directions Magazine website (http://www.directionsmag.com/files/download/143273). It is Free and Open Source (GPLv3 license). P.S. Hopefully 6.0 will make this add-in obsolete. But if not, let's hope it still works under 6.0! ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
