Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 116)

The Apply Clip Region Using choices sets how you want MapInfo Professional to clip regions.
• Windows Device Clipping (all objects) - The clipping is controlled by the Windows Device Display.
All objects (including points, labels, text, and raster and grid images) will be clipped at the Clip Region
boundary. This is the default setting.
• Windows Device Clipping (no points, text) - Use this method to emulate the Erase Outside clipping
method. All objects are clipped using Erase Outside except points and labels. Points and labels will
be completely displayed only if the point or label point lies inside the Clip Region object. Text objects,
raster files, and grid files always display and are never clipped.
• Erase Outside (no points, text) - This method uses the Erase Outside functionality. The Clip Region
object is the Cutter object, and all other objects are Target objects for this operation. All objects are
clipped using Erase Outside, except points and labels. In addition, points and labels will be completely
displayed only if the point or label point is inside the Clip Region object. Text objects always display
and are never clipped.
Other display options are:
• Scrollbars - To display scrollbars, select the Scroll Bars check box. By default, MapInfo Professional
does not display scrollbars in Map windows.
• Autoscroll - To scroll the layout automatically, select the Autoscroll check box.
• Show InfoTips - To display one or two word tips when you cursor over a button, select the InfoTips
check box. By default, MapInfo Professional displays InfoTips. Clear the Show InfoTips check box
to deactivate their display.
• Automatic Raster Zoom Layering - To choose the default mode for automatic zoom layering for
raster layers, select this check box. Raster zoom layering is turned on by default.
• Automatic Grid Zoom Layering - To choose the default mode for automatic grid zoom layering when
adding a grid layer to the map, select this check box. Automatic Grid Zoom Layering is turned off by
default.
• Draw Layers Under Themes - This option sets the default behavior for the Replace Layer Style
check box in both the Ranges and Individual Value Theme dialog boxes. Select this check box to clear
the Replace Layer Style check box by default. Clear this check box to select the Replace Layer Style
check box by default.
• Automatically Open Default Theme - This option saves the theme to the table's metadata so that
the theme displays each time you open the table. This check box is cleared by default.
• Enable Hardware Acceleration for 3DMap Windows - Select this check box to use your video card
acceleration capability to display 3DMaps. Clear the box to display the 3DMap without using your
video card acceleration capability. Turning the acceleration off reduces performance, but it avoids
failure with certain graphic adapters and drivers.
• Mouse Wheel Zoom Based on a Cursor Location - Select this check box, so that when zooming a
map using a the mouse wheel, the zoom will center where the cursor is located on the map. When
this option is not set, the zoom is centered at the center of the map.
• Handler for New Grids - Select the output grid file format. By default, MapInfo Professional uses the
MapInfo Professional handler (*.MIG). The available formats depend on which grid handlers are
installed. When you change the grid file format, the file extension on the grid file name changes to
reflect the selected format.
Editing tab (Map window dialog box)
The Editing tab on the Map Preferences dialog box has preferences for controlling the display of warning
messages, how to move duplicate nodes, digitizing tolerances, and how to apply Find Selection features.
The Warn Prior to Loss group of check boxes set warning messages before you leave the currently
open Map window and lose cosmetic objects, map labels, and thematic layers you have created. After
the warning, you can save these objects, labels and layers as part of a table or workspace. These check
boxes are selected by default. Clear the Cosmetic Objects, Map Labels, and Thematic Layers check
boxes to turn off these warnings.
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