Easily Paste ArcGIS Maps into Documents
July 30, 2009 by Timothy
Filed under ArcGIS, Cartography, GIS Tips
Placing maps into documents such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, and PowerPoint can become a pain at times. The usual process involves exporting the map into some type of image file. The file is then inserted into your desired document. For some projects this is fine and may even be necessary; however for those quick put-together projects there is an easier way. ArcMap has a menu item that allows your current extent (data view) or page layout to be copied to the clipboard. The image can then be pasted into your desired documents. This goes beyond the Microsoft Suite and can even be imported into a graphics programs. The benefits that this tip provides includes a savings in time and storage space.
To copy the map to the clipboard:
1. Click Edit -> Copy Map to Clipboard
2. See map image on clipboard
3. Paste image into document. Click image on clipboard or press Ctrl-V.
Joseph Guillaume on Sun, 6th Dec 2009 2:30 pm
Aloha,
Using Arc Map through VMWare Fusion I just press command+shift+4 and draw a window around just what I want and it saves a .png file to my Mac desktop.
JWG