Spatial Manager Desktop™ - FAQs: Data use

Introduction

• Objective of this section
  • To exploit graphics and alphanumeric data from the application into other applications and print maps or feature selections

• Topics in this section
  • Exporting data: from the data grid
  • Copying to clipboard: Feature Selections or whole Map. Vector or raster copies
  • Working in other applications: office applications and others
  • Printing: current view, whole Map, a Map area or a Features Selection

How can I export alphanumeric data in Spatial Manager Desktop™?

You can export alphanumeric data of the selected Layer in Spatial Manager Desktop™ to a CSV file (comma-separated values or character-separated values), by using the right-click menu over any place on the Data grid. When the export process is finished, you will use the CSV file in other applications, such as office or CAD applications

You can choose any extension for the outgoing CSV file, but the applications will suggest to you *.txt, *.csv, *.tab and *.asc, because they are the most commonly used extensions

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Sample: open the exported CSV file in Microsoft Excel

You can export the data for the whole Layer or only for the selected Features in the Layer, if any. You can also choose the values separator and, if you want, you can add a first row in the outgoing CSV file including the names of the data table Fields

As you can choose which Fields will be displayed in the Data grid, the exported CSV file will only include the data in these Fields

How can I Print in Spatial Manager Desktop™?

You can print several views of a Map in Spatial Manager Desktop™ by using the "Print" drop-down button in the "Start" ribbon. The functions included in this button are the following:

• Print the current view of the Map
• Print the extents of the Map
• Print an area of the Map defined by a window
• Print the extents of the current selected Features of a Map (if any). You can also find this function in the "Selection\Tools" ribbon

When you run any of these functions, you will get a "Print Preview" window to check the area to be printed. Furthermore, in this window, you can adjust the basic "Page Settings" and the horizontal and vertical alignments of the printed area inside the page

Note also that the "Background color" configured for the Map will be the printed color for any empty zone inside the selected area to print

Printing the current view of a Map

Printing a set of selected Features of a Map