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Saving Maptitude Windows as Graphic Files

You can save maps as static images, HTML Files, or animated GIF files to use in documents, websites, and presentations.

Saving Windows in Graphic Format Files

Maptitude lets you save any map, dataview, chart, 3D theme, 3D view, or layout as a graphic file that can be used with other programs. Supported graphic formats for each type of window are as follows:

	BMP	JPEG	PNG	GIF	TIFF	EMF	WMF
Maps	•	•	•	•	•	•	–
Layouts	•	•	•	•	•	•	–
Dataviews	•	•	•	•	•	–	–
3D Themes	•	•	•	•	•	–	–
3D Views	•	•	•	•	•	–	–
Charts	•	•	•	–	–	•	•

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• Saving Maptitude Maps to Other Graphic Formats

Blue triangle icon To Save a Window as a Graphic File

1. Choose File>Export>Image to display the Save As dialog box.

2. Choose the format you want from the Save As Type drop-down list:

Choose...	To save...
Windows Bitmap	A graphic of the map, dataview, chart, layout, 3D theme, or 3D view in a .BMP file; Click Options if you want to choose a resolution other than that of the map window
Portable Network Graphics	A graphic of the map, dataview, chart, layout, 3D theme, or 3D view in a .PNG file; Click Options if you want to choose a resolution other than that of the map window
JPEG Compressed Image	A graphic of the map, dataview, chart, layout, 3D theme, or 3D view in a .JPG file; Click Options if you want to choose a resolution other than that of the map window or if you want to choose an image quality, where 100 means no compression and lower numbers better compression (smaller file size) at the expense of quality
GIF Image	A graphic of the map, dataview, layout, 3D theme, or 3D view in a .GIF file, which is limited to 256 colors; click Options to choose a resolution other than that of the map window
TIFF Image	A graphic of the map, dataview, layout, 3D theme, or 3D view in a .TIF file; click Options to choose a resolution other than that of the map window
Enhanced Metafile	A graphic of the map, layout, or chart in a .EMF file, which will be drawn at the resolution of the display or output device
Windows Metafile	A graphic of the chart in a .WMF file, which will be drawn at the resolution of the display or output device

3. Type the file name and click Save.

Maptitude saves the window as a graphics file in the chosen format.

TIP: You can also choose Edit>Copy Map to copy an image of your map to the Windows clipboard.

Saving Maptitude Maps in HTML Files

Maptitude lets you save a map as an HTML file with an associated JPEG file. When you save a map as an HTML file you have the option of using a template HTML file. When you use a template, all instances of the text “” in your template will be replaced with the file name of the JPEG image file, and all instances of the text “” will be replaced with a title that you specify.

Blue triangle icon To Save a Map in an HTML File

Choose File>Export>Image to display the Save As dialog box.
Choose HTML Document from the Files of Type drop-down list.
Type the file name and click Save. Maptitude displays the HTML Document Settings dialog box.

Type a title for the map in the Title box.
To use a template for the HTML output, check the Use HTML Template File box and click Browse to display the Choose HTML Template File dialog box. Browse for the template and click Open to return to the HTML Document Settings dialog box.
Click OK.

Maptitude saves the HTML file and a JPEG image of the map.

Saving Maptitude Maps in Animated GIF Files

Maptitude lets you save a series of map, 3D theme, chart, or dataview images as an animated GIF file using the Animated GIF toolbar. Creating an animated GIF is an effective way for showing your map data for a time series. For example, create a thematic map showing your 1st quarter sales and add that as the first image in your animated GIF, then add successive images for your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarter sales. You can then view the resulting GIF to see the four images in series.

TIP: Animated GIFs often look best when the images are all the same size. Use the Windows>Cascade command or maximize separate windows to make different windows the same size.

Blue triangle icon To Save Maps in an Animated GIF File

Create a map as you want it to appear at the start of your animated GIF.
Choose File>Share>Animated GIF to display the Animated GIF toolbar.
Click to add the map as the first frame in the GIF.
Make changes to your map and click again to add an additional frame. Continue to add frames in this manner until you are done.
Choose how long to display each frame in hundredths of a second using the Delay spinner.
Click to display the Save As dialog box.
Choose a folder in which to save the GIF, enter a file name, and click Save.

Maptitude saves the animated GIF file in the folder you specified.