Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 212)

4. Do one or all of the following:
• To move the selected object(s) using the mouse, hold down the mouse button and drag the object
to its new location
• To move the selected object(s) one screen pixel at a time, press and hold the Ctrl key and press
the Arrow key in the direction you want the object(s) to move
• To move the selected object(s) 10 screen pixels at a time, press and hold the Ctrl and Shift keys
and press the Arrow key in the direction you want the object(s) to move
Since the moves are made in screen pixels, the zoom level affects how far the object is
moved. Note:
Offsetting Objects on the Map
The Offset feature makes a copy of the object(s) you select from the original source object(s) and saves
them in the original data file.
You can both move and offset the objects you select using this process. The difference between these
two operations is whether MapInfo Professional makes a copy of the data (as in the case of copy) or
simply moves the objects and stores the new value in the original table.
To move/offset selected objects on the map:
1. Click your map to make it active.
2. Make sure a layer is editable. Choose Map > Layer Control and click the Editable icon to make
the layer editable.
The offset/move functionality is available when any layer is editable, not just when the objects you
want to move or offset are in the editable layer. However, you can only move an object within its
editable layer. Copy is always permitted as long as a layer is editable.
3. Select the object(s) using the Select tool.
4. On the Objects menu, click Offset.
5. In the Offset Objects dialog box, to move your selected objects, enter or select from the following
options and click OK to apply the changes. To copy your selected objects to offset them, enter or
select from the following options and click Next. Then go to
step 6 .
• Angle - To offset your selected object at an angle, type the angle (in degrees) in this field. The
new object is created based on the original object and is offset in the direction of the angle you
specified, measured from the positive X-axis. If you enter a positive angle, the object is offset
counterclockwise; if you enter a negative angle, the object is offset clockwise.
• Distance/Units - To set the offset distance and units, type the distance and select the units in the
Distance box. The list of units is as follows: inches, links, feet, U.S. Survey feet, yards, rods, chains,
miles, nautical miles, millimeters, centimeters, meters, and kilometers.
MapInfo Professional takes the default units from the map window in which you've selected
the object. Note:
• Create Copy - Click this option to create a copy of the selected object(s) in the data. When you
complete this process, MapInfo Professional saves the copy to the editable layer.
• Move Objects - Click this option to move the object without creating a copy in the data. You can
only move an object within its own editable layer. When you move objects, the Data Aggregation
dialog box does not display, since you are only moving the data within the layer.
• Copy or Move Distance Using - The option you select in this box depends largely upon the
projection of your source map. If your map has a latitude/longitude projection, MapInfo Professional
enables the Spherical type only. If you are working with a non-Earth projection, MapInfo Professional
enables the Cartesian type only.
When you click Spherical, MapInfo Professional calculates the copy/move distance by mapping
the data into a Latitude/Longitude On Earth projection.
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