Matthias, A simple way is to bring the windows metafile into powerpoint (copy map and paste as metafile). Do it twice with 2 types of borders as suggested by Carrie and then apply shadow as you would on any windows drawing object...
Rudy B Maptitude 5.0 On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Carrie Hobbs <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > Matthias,**** > > ** ** > > **1. **My best idea for this would be to put a slightly thicker > black outline around the entire US that would cover up the state borders. > However, I don’t know how to specifically remove just part of the state > borders without editing the underling shapes, which would be pretty tedious. > **** > > **2. **I only know how to add shadows to labels, not shapes.**** > > ** ** > > Carrie**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Matthias > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 22, 2011 12:51 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Maptitude] Borders and Shadows**** > > ** ** > > **** > > I am a newbie to Maptitude and have two questions that might be very basic > to some of you. We use it to create US maps with data that is aggregated by > state, i.e. we have up to 51 data points, sometimes much fewer (if we don't > have data for all states). Most of what we do is commercial so it's not just > about what it tells the reader but it's also supposed to look catchy. > > 1. I currently have a color theme and I want a white border between > adjacent states but not on the coast or the borders to Mexico/the US. Is > there a way to get that? What I see right now is only an option to have the > borders all around each state or not at all. > > 2. Is there a way to add a shadow to the US? Right now the map looks like > early 2000s, but I want it to look a bit more like 2011. > > Thanks > > Matthias**** > > **** > > > -- Aniruddha Banerjee, Ph.D.
