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      3. CartoVista Viewer

      The Print Layout

      This option allows you to manage your print settings

           This is the Print layout icon: 

      print          - General settings,

                - Paper size and orientation,

                - Insert items,

                - Select and Edit Items,

                - Manage Pages.

           General settings

       

      print-layout

           Once the settings suit your needs, you can select one of the following options:

      export-to-pdf

      The CartoVista printing feature allows you to produce a PDF document for printing. Select a folder in which to save the print layout to a PDF file.
      close

      Close the Print Layout window to return to the map interface.
      about-cartovista The CartoVista button provides information about the versions of the CartoVista Publisher and CartoVista Viewer used to create the map

           Paper size and orientation

      paper

          The tools to set the Paper size and Orientation are:

      Icons Description
      paper-size Select one of the configured paper sizes in the drop-down list.
      portrait Change the paper orientation to portrait (vertical).
      landscape Change the paper orientation to landscape (horizontal)

           Insert items

      insert

           The various items that can be inserted into the print layout are:

      Icons Description
      map Map
      legend Legend
      metadata Metadata
      chart Chart
      title Title
      text Text
      date Date
      image Image

       

           Select and Edit Items

           Click on any item to select it and change its properties.

           Move and resize

           Click and drag the item to change its position in the layout. You can also drag the corner handles (white squares) to resize the selected item.

      select

           Select Item Tools

      selected-item-tools

           The tools you can use when an item is selected are:

      Icons Description
      delete-1 Delete.
      border Apply a border and select a border width.
      border-color

      Set the border colour.
      background-color Set the background colour and opacity.
      bring-front Bring to front.
      send-back Send to back.

           Edit Text Item

      edit-text

            Double-click on a text item to edit its content and style:

      Icons Description
      font-type Choose the font.
      font-size

      Select the font size.
      bold

      Apply a bold font weight.
      italic

      Apply an italic font style.
      underline

      Apply an underline font style.
      left Align the text to the left.
      center Center the text.
      right Align the text to the right.
      justify Justify the text.

           Title

           The title of the print layout automatically displays the map title and the name of the active theme set. Double-click on the title to edit its style with the tools described above.

      title

           Change map view

           You can double-click on the map to recenter the view or change the zoom.

      map-view

           Manage Pages

      pages

            The paging tools are:

      Icons Description
      delete-1

      Delete the current page.
      add-page

      Add a new page.
      page-number

      Indication of the current page number and of the total number of pages.
      previous

      View the previous page.
      next View the next page.