Hi Arun
Yeah, we made some radical changes to the way we work with maps and legend when we moved from the old classic layout windows to the new layout designer windows. With the switch from the classic 32-bit version of MapInfo Pro to the new 64-bit versions, the old classic layouts were completely removed.
This means you need to work slightly differently with the layouts. It comes with some shortcomings but also many benefits.
A few ideas for a start.
Once a map window has been inserted into a layout, it becomes its own window. It is no longer linked to the original map that you inserted. You basically create a copy of that map. You can activate the map window embedded in your layout, for example by double-clicking on the frame. Now you can change the map, zoom, pan, and change the scale of the map. You can add layers and modify the style for the layers via the
Layer List in the
Explorer window. In fact, you can close the stand-alone map window and just work with the map window embedded in your layout if you prefer.
If you have an existing map window with an existing legend (designer) window, you should be able to add this window to your layout and it should bring over all your legends too. The legends are inserted to the top right of the map window. The legends are individual elements, similar to the way they are in the legend designer window.
If you have a map window in your layout already, you can use the
Legend option in the
Insert group on the
Layout tab to insert legends for your layers into the layout. Select the map window before clicking on the
Legend option. In that way, MapInfo Pro knows what map window you want to use. You will only be presented with layers that do not already have a legend in the layout. Again, the legend elements will be inserted at the top right side of the map window and will needs be moved into position.
The Layout window these days has an auto-align feature that shows you when an element you are moving is aligned to existing elements on the layout. This is shown as thin orange lines between the dragged element and the existing elements. This makes it very easy to align the placement of elements to existing elements.
I hope this makes sense. Do ask away if you have more questions related to this
@John Ievers, from our partner CDR Group, has created this introduction video to the new layout:
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-30-2022 05:02
From: Arun Cappi
Subject: Legend designer in frames
Hi all
I have recently updated from an older version of MapInfo to the latest version (v21). We have template layout documents where we used to be able to just create a legend with Legend Designer, modify it to how we want it to look, and then insert the legend designer contents into a frame by double-clicking on the frame where it would be an option to add to the frame.
This simple way of creating and updating legends doesn't seem to work on the latest version - in fact the legend designer tool seems entirely separate from the ability to add a legend into a template or frame or to make amendments to the legends, and I can't quite see the point of the legend designer tool at all if it is not possible to publish the contents of the legend designer into the layouts.
Aside from the legend designer tool which I would prefer to use, I can add a legend into a frame by clicking on frame and then the layout tab then legend, and select the layouts to add but the contents don't just fit the frame and seem to create a separate frame which needs resizing etc, it's all very messy and cumbersome, and if I add a new layer on the map I can't then update the contents of the legend with that layer without recreating the legend.
Is there a simple way of publishing the legend designer contents into a frame (I can add new frames in the legend designer easily)?
I can't find any documentation on how to use the legend designer contents, can anyone point me to this?
Regards
Arun
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Arun Cappi
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