Geosoft - Exploring With Data

Copy and Paste

Oasis montaj and Target maps are easy to share and incorporate in reports and presentations.

You can copy a map directly into Microsoft Word or PowerPoint.

1. While in Shadow Cursor mode, right click on the map and select Copy.
2. In Word or PowerPoint, select Paste Special (instead of Paste), and choose Picture (Enhanced Metafile).

You can also copy text (including font and formatting) from a Microsoft document to a Geosoft Map.

1. Select the text and choose Copy in your Microsoft document
2. In your Oasis montaj map, select Paste.

The new group is also an EMF (enhanced metafile) so it can be resized but not edited.

 

OneGeology - Geology of the World at 1:1 Million

Datasets published through the OneGeology portal are accessible through Dapple as noted in a post last year about Finding Data.  Now the same data can be used with ArcGIS as well: http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_2qtr/onegeo.html 

Oasis montaj and Target Hot Keys

Geosoft Oasis montaj and Target have a number of useful hot keys and shortcuts to improve efficiency when navigating on a map.  My favourite hot keys for working with a map are a combination of F and B.  F for "Zoom to full map" and B for "Zoom box". 

Other handy hot keys:

• Alt+C or the Escape key puts you back to Shadow Cursor mode
• S will zoom to a selected group. This is really useful if you have added a group to the map, but it didn't appear in the Data View.

You can configure or reset hot keys through the GX menu option Map Settings > Configure Map Shortcut Keys.

A full listing of shortcuts and other tips can be found in the Oasis montaj Quick Reference Card or Target Quick Reference Card.