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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font face="Georgia">Thanks, Thayer.<br>
That is what was needed. <br>
All is well.<br>
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WV-Mike<br>
p.s. My apologies for the second post on this topic.<br>
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On 3/21/2023 11:21 AM, Thayer Young via QGIS-User wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="Georgia">Hi Mike,</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="Georgia">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.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="Georgia">I
recommend:</font></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="Georgia">1)
delete the map. <br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="Georgia"> You
will probably see a lot of grey with a small white box. The
white box is what gets printed. <span>Note that by default
the layout is A4 size. You probably want Letter or Legal.
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="Georgia"><span>2)
Right click inside the white box (if you don't see the
white box do 3 first)</span></font></div>
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a) select Page Properties</span></font></div>
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b) set the "Page Size" "Size". Legal and Letter are in the
middle of the list.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="Georgia"><span>3)</span>
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. <br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="Georgia">Then try
exporting your image again.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font face="Georgia">-Thayer<br>
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<div><font face="Georgia"> On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at
04:00:21 AM EDT, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:qgis-user-request@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user-request@lists.osgeo.org</a>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023
15:01:34 -0700<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">From: ERT - Mike
Breiding <<a href="mailto:epicroadtrips@gmail.com"
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">Subject: [Qgis-user]
Layout questions<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">Greetings,<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">I have read over the
documentation for the Layout.<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">I have added a map to
the layout.<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">The view of the map is
dim or obscured as it was behind a semi <br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">transparent skin.<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">When I export the layout
as an image only a portion of the map is saved.<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">I looked for an option
such as "Fit map to layout size" but I could not <br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">find anything.<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">There are screen shots
here:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia"><a
href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/PuLieK9hYETMQFyy5"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://photos.app.goo.gl/PuLieK9hYETMQFyy5</a><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">If the map size is
changed how does one refresh the layout to reload the <br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">map?<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">Thanks,<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Georgia">WV-Mike<br>
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