Hello Richard,
Regarding moving and lining up the legend frames, have you tried to hold down the 'Shift' key on the keyboard and then click on each one to select multiple legend frames at once? That way you could then select and move them all at once without changing the order.
If you are finding the alignment of frames within the Layout canvas a bit tricky, you could consider using the 'Add Horizontal/Vertical Guideline' along with the 'Snap to Grid' options under the LAYOUT > Alignment dropdown menu (highlighted in screenshot below) which should make this task much easier.
Regarding updating the fonts for all of your layers in the legends, you could consider changing the default legend frame fonts via PRO > Options > Legend Window > click on the respective font buttons for 'Title Pattern' and 'Style Name Pattern' as highlighted in the screenshot below to modify the font size/styles.
*Note - The legend frames would need to be regenerated in the layout to take on the new styling. Good thing is that the styling should be automatically applied to every layer's legend entry in this case.
Hope that I have understood your requirements correctly. Please give it a try and let me know if it helps!
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Dave Kuo
Software Support Analyst
Pitney Bowes
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-11-2019 06:56
From: Richard Sherman
Subject: layout size and output
Hi Peter / Jodi,
Wondering if someone could help me.
I am having trouble with the Legend in the Layout Window. When I insert the legend into the Layout Window which has a Map, I also insert a new Frame which I can use to place the Legend key into. However when I select the Legend I can move it but it changes the order and it is difficult to move it so it lines up correctly. Also I want to change the fonts of all layers but when I try to edit the Legend it only allows me to edit the individual layers so this is a v time consuming process. Therefore is there a quicker way of doing this?
Thanks
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Richard Sherman
Knowledge Community Shared Account
Original Message:
Sent: 10-08-2019 04:29
From: Peter Horsbøll Møller
Subject: layout size and output
I'd recommend either adjusting an existing template and saving this under a new name or creating a new template from scratch.
If you use the Save Window As to resize the output, the scale in your output will not match anymore is you have a Scale text in your title block.
Typically, you would create a template for say A4 and then change the paper size for this to A3, move the title block and resize the map frame and save this as under a new template name.
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Peter Horsbøll Møller
Pitney Bowes
Original Message:
Sent: 10-02-2019 22:13
From: Jodi Turnbull
Subject: layout size and output
Hello,
I am trying to make some custom layouts based on the templates already in the software eg Smart title text block.
I only make map outputs for A4 or A3 size reports but I note the template sizes are C size (which is larger than what I need). As a result a lot of the text is too small when displayed at A4. What would be the best way to go about this. Should I use the existing templates but change the page set up to A4 and drag and resize everything to fit this new size or do I need to bother at all with changing the page set up. I.e Should I just resize the text in the C size layout then save to a custom size in the SAVE WINDOW option?
Thanks
Jodi Turnbull
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