Export a Presentation-Ready Map for PowerPoint or PDF

Open Export Map Image from the tools and save the current view as a PNG or a PDF. The PNG drops straight into a PowerPoint slide, and the PDF suits a printed handout or a PDF deck. You can export at poster size, up to 2048 by 2048 pixels, when the slide or the print run needs a larger, sharper image. Set your labels and legend before you export, so the picture shows its own key and reads on the slide without the side panel open.

Yes. Set the map colors to match your deck through custom range colors in the Boundary Tool and group colors in the Grouping Tool. Open Custom Markers to upload your own logo or pin images, or choose from the built-in pin styles, so the points look on-brand. Add names, values, and a legend on the map itself, then hide the interface for a clean capture. Export the result as a PNG or PDF, or share a password-protected link if the board would rather click through a live version.

Open the Boundary Tool, pick the US Counties boundary set, and choose the No Fill type. That draws the county borders without coloring the regions, which gives you a clean outline map. In Boundary Formatting, set the line width and line color so the borders read at slide size, and turn on Hide Areas W/O Data to drop counties you are not showing. Add your markers or a few labels on top, then export the view as a PNG or PDF for the slide.

You export the map as an image first, then place it in the slide. Open Export Map Image, save a PNG, and insert that file into PowerPoint the same way you add any picture. The PNG holds your outlines, colors, markers, and legend exactly as you set them on screen. For a live option instead of a static picture, share a password-protected link or paste the one-line embed into an internal page, so the map stays interactive during the meeting.

Maptive exports the map as a PNG or a PDF through Export Map Image. The PNG suits slides and screens, and the PDF suits printed handouts and PDF decks. Both can go up to a 2048 by 2048 poster size, which covers a full-bleed slide or a printed board. Set the map view, labels, and legend the way you want them first, because the export captures the current view, so what you see on screen is what lands in the file.

Yes. In the Boundary Tool, turn on Include Name to print each region's name, Include Value to print its number, and Include Legend to place the color key on the map. That way the exported image explains itself on the slide, without a separate caption or the side panel open. If you want the label to show a different metric than the fill color, use Custom Value to print that number instead, so one map view can carry two figures per region.

Turn off the interface elements for a clean view, so the map and its legend are the only things on screen. That removes the surrounding controls before you capture the map. For a slide, the cleaner route is Export Map Image, which saves the map as a PNG or PDF without the tools around it. For a live walk-through, presentation mode gives you a full-screen version to show on the meeting screen.

Yes. When the room would rather click around than look at a picture, share the live map through a password-protected link, so only people with the password open it. You can also use a public link for a wider audience, or paste a one-line HTML embed into an internal page or intranet. Presentation mode gives you a full-screen view to drive from your own laptop during the meeting, and the shared map reads from the same data as the file you export.

It will, because you set the colors before you export. In Fill Settings, pick the color for each range so the shading matches your deck, and in the Grouping Tool set each group's marker color the same way. Custom Markers lets you swap in your own logo or pin images for a closer match. Once the view looks right, Export Map Image captures those exact colors in the PNG or PDF, so the slide and the map read as one piece.

A shared map reads from the same data as your working map, so the link shows the current view when a colleague opens it. If you export a PNG or PDF, that file is a snapshot from the moment you saved it, which is what you want for a fixed slide. For anything that changes between meetings, the password-protected link or the embed keeps the audience on the live version rather than an older picture in a deck.