Presentation given at 3rd QGIS UK user group meeting in Edinburgh on 5th May 2015. Roger Garbett gives an introduction to using the QGIS print composer to create map layouts.

1. QGIS
PRINT COMPOSER

2. Death by PowerPoint begins with the
• First bullet

3. Where to Start?!?
• New Composer Manager

4. New Composer

5. Composer Manager

6. Empty Composer Window

7. Top Tips
• Composition window
• Item properties
• Sighting lines
• Multiple composers
• Setting your prints / displays
• PDF!

8. Composition Window

9. Item Properties

10. Sighting Lines

11. Multiple Composers

12. Setting Your Paper Size

13. PDF!

14. Useful Links
• http://www.qgistutorials.com/en/
• http://www.qgistutorials.com/en/docs/autom
ating_map_creation.html#.VUMNJaNpIv8.goo
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• http://docs.qgis.org/2.6/en/docs/gentle_gis_i
ntroduction/map_production.html