Exporting Layouts

Introduction

You can export the layout to common picture formats, such as *.bmp, *.jpg, *.png, and *.tif, for different applications.

Function Entrances

  • Click Layouts > Export and Print. The group organizes a series of features for users.
  • In the layout window right click your mouse. The context menu contains abundant features.

Save as Picture

  1. In the current layout window, right click and select Export to Picture to open the Export to Picture dialog box.
  2. In this dialog box, you may set the following properties for the output map.

Picture Name: The name of the output picture.

Format: JPG, PNG, BMP, and TIFF.

Location: The path for saving the picture you want to output. The location is identical to the previous path.

Resolution: The resolution of the exported picture. The default is 96 DPI.

Multiple Pages: If checked, the map will be output by the paper size of the print setting; otherwise, the map will be output by the layout paper size.

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  1. Click OK.

Export as PDF

Your layout can be exported as a PDF, all contents in the layout under the 100% dispaly status will be output. The feature is the same as the feature Export maps to PDF.

  1. Click Layouts > Export and Print group > Expport to PDF to open the Expport to PDF dialog box.
  2. Specify a name and a proper DPI for the layout and set a path to save the layout.

Note

  1. All contents in the layout window, including not only the layout elements, but also the virtual page and the layout background, will be exported.
  2. You can change the page background and layout background through the Page Setup group and Layout Properties. Also, you can set whether and how to display the grids and interval.
  3. If a map has maximum or minimum scales, when you set different DPIs, in this case, the map may exceed the current layout extent, so that some layers may be invisible.

Setting up the Layout Window

Setting up the Layout Page