LAYOUT Tab - MapInfo_Pro - 2023

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The LAYOUT tab contains commands and command lists for working with layouts. It is always available, unless it is minimized. The tab is also available in the Layout window when the window is floating.

Page Group

These commands create and set the page properties for a layout.

Icon Command Keyboard Shortcut Description
New Layout F5 Adds a new Layout window to the desktop.
Page Setup   Opens the Page Setup dialog box, where you can set the paper size, orientation (portrait or landscape), and margins for your layout.
  Output   Print Prints window contents.

Create Creates a PDF of the active document windows.

Save Saves the active window as a bitmap or metafile.

Clipboard Group

These commands copy and paste selections to the clipboard.

Icon Command Keyboard Shortcut Description
Copy Ctrl+ C Copies the selection and puts in on the clipboard.
Paste Ctrl+ V Pastes the content of the clipboard. Enabled once you cut or copy a selection.
Cut Ctrl+ X Cuts the selection and puts in on the clipboard. Enabled once you make a table selection of an SQL selection.
Undo Ctrl+ Z Undo/redo last operation. Enabled after you make an edit.
Redo Ctrl+ Y Reapply a layout edit that was undone.

Insert Group

These commands add the contents to the layout.

Icon Command Description
Map Select to add a map into a new frame or into the selected frame on the layout. Either, copy an existing Map window into the Layout, or create a new map.
Legend Select to add a legend to the layout. This option is active when there is a map on the layout.
Browser Select to add a Browser into a new frame or into the selected frame on the layout. Either, copy an existing Browser window into the Layout, or create a new browser.
Text Select and then click in the Layout window where you want to add text to your layout.
Image Select to add an image to the layout.
Scalebar Select to add a scalebar to the layout.
Insert Lists a variety of object commands to include in your layout: Symbol, ScaleBar, Line, Polyine, Ellipse, Rectangle, Rounded (rectangle), and Polygon. The last selected object is active.
Frames The Frames list contains the following commands:

New Frame

Remove Content

Remove (frame)

Style Group

These commands control the text, region, line, symbol, and frame display styles.

Icon Command Description
  Font Family Change the font family. Available when a text box is activated on the layout.
  Font Size Change the font size. Available when a text box is activated on the layout.
Increase Font Size Change the font size incrementally larger when a text box is activated on the layout.
Decrease Font Size Change the font size incrementally smaller when a text box is activated on the layout.
Bold Applies a stronger appearance to label text.
Italic Slopes label text to the right.
Underline Adds an underline to label text.
All Capitols Displays label text in all capitols (TEXT).
Expanded Adds space between the characters of label text (t e x t).
Font Color Select a color to apply to label text.
Halo Adds a luminous outline around label text.
Highlight Sets a color to use behind labels to make them more legible on the map.
Background Color Selects the background color to use with Halo and Highlight effects.
Left Align Text Left-justify selected text.
Center Text Center selected text.
Right Align Text Right-justify selected text.
Line Spacing Increase or decrease the spacing between lines of selected text.
Rotate Frame Rotate the selected frame by entering or selecting an angle value.
Modify Frame Style Change how a layout frame displays.
  Style The Style command list contains the following commands. The last selected style is active.

Region: Modify the style of a region object. Activate or open a Layout window and select a region object to modify.

Line: Modify the style of a line object. Activate or open a Layout window and select a line object to modify.

Frame: Modify the frame style.

Symbol Modify the style of a symbol. Activate or open a Layout window and select a symbol to modify.

Edit Group

These commands help you design the layout.

Icon Command Description
Reorder The Reorder command list contains two commands:

Bring to Front moves the frame to the front, so that it is on top of all of the other frames.

Send to Back moves the frame to the back, so that it is behind all of the other frames.
Alignment The Alignment command list contains the following commands:

  • Guides:

    Add Vertical Guideline adds a guideline to the Layout canvas for aligning frames along their left or right sides.

    Add Horizontal Guideline adds a guideline to the Layout canvas to align the tops or bottoms of frames.

    Disable/Enable Guidelines shows or hides Layout window guidelines.

    Remove All Guidelines removes the guidelines from the Layout window.

    Smart Guides aligns the edge of the item you are moving to the edge of other items on the current layout. This is turned on by default for a new Layout window. When using this option, disable Snap To Grid.

  • Grid:

    Show Grid Shows or hides the layout grid.

    Snap To Grid Enable so that when you move a frame near a guideline or a grid line it aligns and attaches (snaps) to the line.

    Grid Size Resizes the grid by a percentage value. Select this to choose a value.

  • Align Objects:

    Align Left Snap left edge of selected objects to the nearest guideline. Enables after selecting an object in a layout with a vertical guideline.

    Align Center Arrange selected objects along their mid points vertically (up and down).

    Align Right Snap right edge of selected objects to the nearest guideline. Enables after selecting an object in a layout with a vertical guideline.

    Align Top Snap top edge of selected objects to the nearest guideline. Enables after selecting an object in a layout with a horizontal guideline.

    Align Middle Arrange selected objects along their mid points horizontally (left and right).

    Align Bottom Snap bottom edge of selected objects to the nearest guideline. Enables after selecting an object in a layout with a horizontal guideline.
Select Selects objects on the layout canvas.
  Tools Selects objects on the layout canvas.

Pan Select and then click on and drag across the layout to re-center the map to a new location (this changes what you see in the map view). To get out of zoom mode, click the Select tool.

Zoom In Select and then click on the layout to zoom in by two times (2x) the current zoom level (this shows more details in a smaller area). Click and drag across the layout to create a marquee rectangle that becomes the new view and zoom level. To get out of zoom mode, click the Select tool.

Zoom Out Select and then click on the layout to zoom out by two times (2x) the current zoom level (this shows a larger area). Click and drag across the layout to create a marquee rectangle that more of the map displays around. To get out of zoom mode, click the Select tool.