Using Drag and Drop - MapInfo_Pro - 2023

MapInfo Pro Help

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You can place a map into a Microsoft application. A MapInfo Pro object or selection of objects can be dragged to and dropped upon Microsoft drop targets (such as Microsoft Word and Excel). You can perform drag and drop within a document or window, across documents and windows within MapInfo Pro, or across applications.

Use the Drag Map command to place a MapInfo Pro map into an OLE container application. A map dragged from 64-bit MapInfo Pro is a metafile and does not provide map functionality.

Note: You need to specify what gets copied to the clipboard. See Setting Your Copy to Clipboard Preferences. By default, you cannot copy a map until you set this preference.

To drag a map into a Microsoft application:

  1. On the MAP tab, in the Options group, clickDrag Map.

    As the cursor moves over the map, it displays as a drag icon.

  2. Click and hold down the mouse button anywhere in the Map window.
  3. Drag the map to the new location.
  4. Release the mouse button; the map is dropped in the new location.

If the application into which you are dragging a map cannot accept the map object, the No Drop cursor displays.