Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 368)

1. On the File menu, click Open to display the Open dialog box.
2. In the Files of Type list, select the format (.DBF), navigate to your data, and click Open.
3. Select the appropriate character set for your MapInfo data table. Windows U.S. and Western Europe
("ANSI") is the default option.
4. Click OK to convert your selected data to a MapInfo table (.tab) format.
5. On the File menu, click Save Copy As to make an editable copy of your table. Then, on the File
menu, click Close Table and close the original table. Finally open the editable copy.
For more information, see Saving Data in DBF File Format in the Help System.
Displaying your Lotus 1-2-3 Data
To open your Lotus (.WKS, WK1) data into a MapInfo Professional:
1. On the File menu, click Open to display the Open dialog box.
2. In the Files of Type list, select the format (.WK1,.WKS), navigate to your data, and click Open.
3. Choose the worksheet you want to convert to a MapInfo data table.
If there are column headings above each column in this worksheet, select the Use Row
Above Selected Range for Column Titles check box. Then, select Other from the drop-down Note:
box and specify the cell range of the data you want to include in the MapInfo Professional
table.
4. Click OK to convert your data to MapInfo Professional table format.
Displaying your ESRI Shapefile Data
One of the prominent graphical formats in our industry is the ESRI shapefile.
To open a shapefile in MapInfo Professional:
1. On the File menu, click Open to display the Open dialog box.
2. Select ESRI shapefile in the Files of type drop-down list.
3. Navigate to the file's directory and click it to open it.
4. Click Open to display the Please specify a TAB filename file. This dialog box saves the shapefile
into a format that MapInfo Professional can read. The file has the same name as the file you selected
but has a .tab extension.
5. Click Save to display the Shapefile Information dialog box.
6. Select the character set appropriate for this file from the File Character Set drop-down list.The
default option is Windows U.S. & Western Europe (ANSI), but make your selection based on your
local settings.
7. Select the appropriate projection for this file. The Projection field shows the following:
• If the Shapefile's native projection is found and it matches an entry in the MAPINFOW.PRJ file,
the projection's name displays in the Projection field.
• If a native projection is found but it is not in the MAPINFOW.PRJ file, a message displays in this
field: Not found in projection file and the name of the native projection displays.
• If a native projection is not found, the name of the currently selected table projection preference
displays in this field.
Continue with one of the following actions:
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