Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 98)

Size as the map size when you print your map, the printout of the map is smaller than it appears on the
screen. To compensate, measure the display area of your screen and enter those dimensions in the
Aspect Ratio Adjustment box.
1. On the Options menu, point to Preferences and click System Settings to open the System Settings
Preferences dialog box.
2. In the Aspect Ratio Adjustment group, set the following:
• Use custom screen size - Select this checkbox to have MapInfo Professional calculate the display
area of your monitor and display its estimated width and height dimensions. Use these dimensions
or enter your own width and height values.
• Width - Enter the width of your monitor's display area in inches.
• Height - Enter the height of your monitor's display area in inches.
3. Click OK to close the dialogs and save your settings.
Setting Your Startup Preferences
You can set preferences for how MapInfo Professional behaves when you start the software for:
• Showing or hiding the Quick Start dialog box.
• Using a default DBMS connection.
• Your MAPINFOW.WOR workspace properties such as whether printer information and queries are saved
to workspaces.
To set default DBMS Connections, see Setting up your Database Connection Preferences in the Help
System.
To set your startup preferences for MapInfo Professional:
1. On the Options menu, point to Preferences and click Startup to open the Startup Preferences
dialog box.
2. Select from the following preferences:
• Save MAPINFOW.WOR when Exiting MapInfo - Select this check box to save your setup to the
MAPINFOW.WOR workspace when you exit MapInfo Professional. When you clear this check box,
MapInfo Professional does not save the MAPINFOW.WOR unless you save it explicitly.
• Load MAPINFOW.WOR when Starting MapInfo - Select this check box to display MAPINFOW.WOR
when you enter MapInfo Professional.
To enable this check box, you must clear the Display Quick Start Dialog check box. Note:
• Save Queries in Workspaces - Select this check box to save the queries you create during a
mapping session in the workspace. If you do not select this check box and the selected map has
only one layer based on a query, the query is not saved and the application writes a map definition
with an empty layer list. MapInfo Professional cannot support subselects in queries.
The operators Any and All are not supported in the MapXtreme 2004 or later versions of
MapInfo SQL and, therefore, subselects are not supported either. MapInfo Professional Note:
cannot map selections with Group By, so Group By clauses are ignored. MapInfo
Professional only translates the Order By clause.
• Save Printer Information into Workspaces - Select this check box to save the printer name,
paper orientation, paper size, and the number of copies from your printer settings into the workspace.
This also includes any overrides you might have made to the default printer settings in the Printer
preferences. We recommend that you leave this preference on.
• Restore Printer Information to Workspaces - Select this check box to restore the printer name,
paper orientation, paper size, and the number of copies when you open the workspace. This is
useful if you are sharing workspaces with other MapInfo Professional users who are also using
the same printers.
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