Image tasks

You work with two different types of images in GeoViewer:

The maps you view in GeoViewer Online  are layered images, but you can save them in PDF format with the Print tool from the Main Toolbar.

Note: If you are using Windows XP, you may see the little picture toolbar that you can use to save, print or e-mail the map view.

Using the MS Office Document Imaging program

When you view a Hotlink, it opens as a default in the MS Office Document Imaging program, shown here. It has a number of useful tool to use when you are viewing the document. If you let your mouse hover over the tools, you can see what they can be used for.

Besides the normal functions, such as Save, Print, Zoom, Pan and Rotate, there are several others that might prove useful:

In the top toolbar:

At the right end of the lower toolbar are various annotation tools. You are annotating a copy of the actual document, not the stored version.

When you are through, you can save the annotated document, print it, or send it by e-mail.

Setting your default Document Viewer

If you prefer to use another viewer than the MS Document Imaging, you can change the settings in the Windows Control Panel.

  1. From Windows Control Panel, select Folder Options.

  2. click the File Types tab.

  3. Select the file types you will be viewing (often TIF or PDF) in the list. You can read the details below.

  4. Click the Change button.

  5. Select the correct program from the list in Open With and click OK.