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Copy data to the Windows Clipboard

You can copy data to the Windows Clipboard in Spatial Manager Desktop™ in several ways:

  • Copy the current view of a Map as an image using the “Copy Bitmap” function in the “Start” ribbon.
  • Copy all the features included in the current view of a Map, if any, as vector objects using the “Copy Vector” function in the “Start” ribbon.
  • Copy the selected features in a Map, if any, as vector objects using the “Copy” function in the “Selection\Tools” ribbon.
  • Copy the alphanumeric data of the selected features in the Data grid, if any, by pressing CTRL+C. You can also copy the data using “Copy” from the Data grid right-click menu.
    • The selected row(s) and header(s) (field names) will be copied in a tab-separated format, suitable for pasting into a spreadsheet, ASCII editor, etc.
    • As an exception, if a field is being edited, only the value of this field will be copied to the clipboard.
  • Copy any data in the Properties panel by placing the cursor over this data and pressing CTRL+C.

After copying the data to the Windows Clipboard in Spatial Manager Desktop™, you can paste it into another Windows application that supports image, vector, or text data in this operation.

'Copy to Clipboard' function (whole Map)
'Copy to Clipboard' function (whole Map)
'Copy to Clipboard' function (Selected Features)
'Copy to Clipboard' function (Selected Features)
'Copy to Clipboard' from the Data grid (Selected Features)
'Copy to Clipboard' from the Data grid (Selected Features)

Paste samples

Sample 1: MS Word as vector objects. Ungroup them after pasting and you can edit the objects in MS Word.

Using the vector or the bitmap data in Word
Using the vector or the bitmap data in Word

Sample 2: MS Excel as an image.

Using the bitmap data in Excel
Using the bitmap data in Excel

Sample 3: As vector objects. You will get Polylines, Points, etc., if you paste them as CAD objects.

Using the vector objects in AutoCAD
Using the vector objects in AutoCAD

Disclaimer:
  • Some components shown here (providers, names, window styles, etc.) may differ slightly from those on your computer.
  • Certain features require Internet access. If you experience issues, check with your network administrator about a possible Proxy server. You can configure the Proxy settings in the application options.
  • Some geographic data providers (Geocode, image maps, etc.) may require a user account, which you can set up in the Service Provider API Keys section of the application options.