Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 340)

Using Map Legends in a Layout
You can use map legends in your layout. The Legend Designer window display in the layout at the same
size as on the MapInfo Professional desktop.
When you resize a map legend frame to make it smaller, it crops the map legend rather than shrinking
it to fit. The text styles (for example, font, size) used in the Legend Designer window are preserved in
the layout.
Adding a map legend to the classic Layout window is a different process, depending on the type of map
legend. You can add a theme legend to a layout even when no theme legend displays in the MapInfo
Professional desktop.
To do this, make sure the Layout window is active and click the Frame button.
1. In the Layout window, click and drag to draw the frame for your theme legend. When you release
the mouse, the Frame Object dialog box displays.
2. In the Window drop-down list, select the thematic map legend and click OK. The thematic map legend
displays in the layout frame. This is also how you add other types of windows on your desktop to the
current layout.
You must create a map legend on your desktop (on the Map menu, point to Create Legend) before
you can add it to a Layout window.
Moving Frames in a Layout Window
Once you have brought in the windows you wish to include in the layout, you can reposition or resize
them to create a professional looking product.
To move a frame:
1. Click the frame with the Select tool and hold down the mouse button.
2. When the cursor becomes a four-headed arrow (after about one second), drag the frame to the new
location and release the mouse button.
Aligning Objects in a Layout Window
MapInfo Professional includes a command to help you perfectly align objects in a classic Layout window.
You can align objects to each other horizontally and vertically or to the Layout window itself.
Choose the objects you want to align and on the Layout menu, and click Align Objects to open the
Align Object dialog box.
Specify the appropriate vertical and horizontal alignment. Choose from the following options:
Vertical Alignment Horizontal Alignment
Don't change alignment Don't change alignment
Align top edges of Align left edges of
Align center of Align center of
Align bottom edges of Align right edges of
Distribute Distribute
Each alignment can be performed with respect to each object or to the entire layout. When you choose
the entire layout, the objects are aligned with respect to the top, bottom, left, and right edges or margins
of the layout.
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Working with the Classic Layout Window