[Qgis-user] Layout questions

[ERT - Mike Breiding]

Thanks, Thayer.
That is what was needed.
All is well.

WV-Mike
p.s. My apologies for the second post on this topic.
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On 3/21/2023 11:21 AM, Thayer Young via QGIS-User wrote:
> 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>
> To: Qgis <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
> 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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