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Printing the map

When you select File | Print... to print the map or stacked profile window, SurView prints the current 'view' of the data, as you see it on the screen. If you want to print another part of the map, zoom/pan to the required view and then print.

The Print dialog box displays an image of the current map view. Note that the legend windows do not appear in this image, but will be printed in their current location and size. From the printing dialog box, you can do the following:

printing dialog box
initial print dialog box
Initial dialog box
The printing dialog box is initialized with a map scale that will fit the map to the paper on the default printer.

printing dialog box
plot on 6 pieces of paper
Set the scale
Choose the paper and orientation and pick a suitable scale. If the map won't fit on the paper, SurView will print it on several pieces of paper (as required).

printing dialog box
cancel 2 pieces of paper
Select the pieces to print
Click on pages that are not wanted with the left mouse button. Click again to toggle the setting. This provides an opportunity to print at a specific scale, but only print part of the map.

printing dialog box
map centred on paper
Centre the map on the paper
If the map fits on a single piece of paper, the margins can be set to centre the map on the page.

printing dialog box
map titles
Set the map titles
Click Titles to set the map titles. Choose a title from the drop-down listboxes (these are the titles gathered from the titles of all of the files in the File Display List) or enter your own. There are two titles and each can be placed in a different location on the map.

There is also provision for marking the current date on the map and the map scale.


Printing the stacked profiles

printing stacked profiles dialog box
printing stacked profiles

Each set of stacked profiles for a flight line (from an SLD file) is displayed in a separate window - each map and stacked profile window can be printed separately.

The dialog box is similar to the dialog box used for Printing the map, except that the stacked profiles can be printed only on a single piece of paper and there are no additional titles.


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