Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 328)

Saving a Layout in the Layout Designer Window
You can save a layout in a Layout Designer window by saving to a workspace.
To save your layout to a workspace:
1. On the File menu, point to Save Workspace to open the Save Workspace dialog box.
2. Select a location to save the workspace to, give the file a name, and then click Save.
The workspace does not save with image files. If the layout includes images, then the workspace saves
the references to the images. If a workspace cannot find an image when it opens, then an image not
found message displays with a path to the image file. This could happen when you:
• Copy the workspace file to a different location before opening it, because the references to the images
are now broken.
• Rename or move an image file and then open the workspace, because the image reference is now
broken.
To use your layout on another machine, save it using the Workspace Packager tool. This tool collects
all referenced tables and files, such as images, into a folder with the workspace. You can then save and
share this folder with other MapInfo Professional users.
Deleting a Frame from the Layout Designer Window
To delete:
• A single frame from your layout, select it and then press the Delete key.
• Multiple frames, press the Ctrl key while selecting frames, and then press the Delete key to remove
them from the layout.
Moving Frames
You can move frames anywhere within the Layout Designer window, but not above the top edge or to
the left of the canvas.
If you need to view the entire contents of the layout before moving frames, then click the Fit Layout in
Window tool to the right of the zoom slider. For details, see
Re-Center and Specify a Zoom Level for
the Layout Designer Window .
To move:
• A single frame, click on the frame and drag to a new location on the canvas. To use precise
measurements, right-click on the frame and select Frame Properties. In the Frame Properties
dialog box, enter new horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) values.
• Multiple frames, press the Ctrl key while clicking on the frames you wish to select and then drag
to a new location.
You may add enough frames to the Layout Designer window to cause frames to overlap one another.
In the Layout Designer window all frames are ordered from front to back. Think of them as being stacked
in the Layout Designer window. When you place a new frame, it is automatically the front most frame,
even if it is not overlapping any other frames in the layout. To display your frames properly, you may
need to bring a frame forward in front of other frames.
To change the order of frames, right-click on the front frame. From the pop-up menu, select Send to
Back to reposition it behind the frame you want to move. Use these right-click options to reposition
frames:
Moves the frame to the front, so that it is on top of all of the other frames. Bring to Front
Moves the frame to the back, so that it is behind all of the other frames. Send to Back
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