Opening, Saving, Printing, Importing and Exporting

New Drawing
To create a new drawing, choose New Drawing from the File menu. This will open a new, blank window.

Open
To open a saved drawing, choose Open from the File menu. The last 5 opened or saved files can be chosen from the Open Recent file menu. You can also use Open to open files sent by the iPhone version of Metes and Bounds.

Open As Layer
An existing saved file can be opened as a new layer in the current drawing by choosing Open As Layer from the File menu.

Saving
To save your drawing, choose Save from the File menu.
To save a copy of your drawing, choose Save As from the File menu.

Pictures
The drawing can also be saved as a picture. To save a picture of the drawing exactly as it appears on screen, choose Save as Picture (Screen) from the File menu. To save a full size picture of the drawing, choose Save as Picture (Full) from the File menu. This option is helpful for pictures that are scaled larger than the screen.

A picture of the current drawing can also be copied to the clipboard. To copy the drawing to the clipboard choose Copy Drawing as Picture from the Edit menu.

Import
Import Call List: This option will allow you to choosing between importing a call list in the Metes and Bounds style (N 12:34:56 E 100) or the Alternate style (n12.3456e 100). The Alternate style can be used to import call lists from other 3rd party programs.

Export

DXF:
The drawing data can be exported as a DXF file. To export just the current layer as DXF, choose Export as DXF from the File menu. To export all of the visible layers as DXF, choose Export All Layers as DXF from the File menu. Exporting a single layer will use the POB X,Y settings (if any) for the coordinates. Exporting all of the layers will use its own coordinates so that the DXF will look identical to the layers drawn on the screen.

Point Coordinates: This will allow you to save the point coordinates, as shown using the Show Layer Point Coordinates menu under the Tools menu, as a delimited text file. The points will be saved using the POB X,Y settings (if any). Choosing this menu option will bring up the following window:

Choose either comma, tab or space from the popup menu to pick which character will be used to delimit the file.
Check the Include Layer # checkbox if you want include a layer number as an additional field in the file.
Choose the unit of measurement so save the coordinates in.
Check the Round to Nearest Unit checkbox to round the exported values to the nearest unit.

KML Format: This will save the current layer in the KML file format. Choosing this menu will bring up the following dialog box that will allow you to modify some of the KML settings.

Call List: This will allow you to export the call list to a text file. The call list can be exported as either the Metes and Bounds style (N 12:34:56 E 100) or an Alternate style (n12.3456e 100). The Alternate style can be used to export call lists for importing into other 3rd party programs. The current layer can be exported in both styles. Exporting all layers can only be done in the alternate style.

Lat/Long Waypoints as GPX: This will allow you to export any layer's lat/long waypoints as a GPX file.

Printing

Screen Centric Printing

        These features help you setup a Screen Centric drawing for printing.

Printer Centric Printing

        Printing a Printer Centric drawing is automatic as the drawing has already been configured for the printer. So features such as Size Window to Printer and Show Printer Watermark are not needed.

Print Picture