[Qgis-user] Layout questions

[Thayer Young]

 Hi Mike,
1:200000 will fit a city, or a small county, but not all of WV. I think your map is much larger than the page you are fitting it to.I recommend:1) delete the map. 
   You will probably see a lot of grey with a small white box. The white box is what gets printed. Note that by default the layout is A4 size. You probably want Letter or Legal. 
2) Right click inside the white box (if you don't see the white box do 3 first)   a) select Page Properties   b) set the "Page Size" "Size". Legal and Letter are in the middle of the list.
3) left click the "zoom full" icon, 4th from the left, 2nd toolbar from the top.Then add a new map, this time fit it within the white area of the page. 

Then try exporting your image again.

-Thayer


    On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 04:00:21 AM EDT, qgis-user-request at lists.osgeo.org <qgis-user-request at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:  
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:01:34 -0700
From: ERT - Mike Breiding <epicroadtrips at gmail.com>
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Subject: [Qgis-user] Layout questions
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Greetings,
I have read over the documentation for the Layout.
I have added a map to the layout.
The view of the map is dim or obscured as it was behind a semi 
transparent skin.
When I export the layout as an image only a portion of the map is saved.
I looked for an option such as "Fit map to layout size" but I could not 
find anything.
There are screen shots here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/PuLieK9hYETMQFyy5

If the map size is changed how does one refresh the layout to reload the 
map?
Thanks,
WV-Mike

  
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