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How to convert MapInfo workspace to ArcGIS project?
All these software as also other GIS have it’s own formats for projects/workspaces and especially map layouts / composers are not interchangeable at all. There are many reasons for that. Simply all software work in quite different way though there are similarities. All you can deliver are maps as PDFs/Images and all data/layers.
How to convert MapInfo TAB to a shapefile?
Apart from OGR2GUI and MapInfo Universal Translator and Esri Data Interoperability, there is a way to convert MIF/MID files into shapefiles without having anything else than ArcGIS for Desktop (any license level) installed. In the C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ArcGIS\\Desktop10.3\\Bin, there is a utility called avmifshp.exe which will do the trick.
Can you save a LYR file in MapInfo?
All you can deliver are maps as PDFs/Images and all data/layers. In Mapinfo and QGIS it is possible to save some style information’s like RGB color / line width and some others within the table of vector data but none of these have option to save “lyr” file for ArcGIS.
How to save a MapInfo file in ESRI?
In the Table of Contents right-click the file name and select Save As. Specify an output format (ESRI Shapefile or MapInfo file). Click Browse to specify an output filename.
How to save a MapInfo file in QGIS?
Select the input file and load it into QGIS: QGIS automatically reads TAB, MIF and Shapefiles, so it should display immediately, and be listed in the Table of contents. In the Table of Contents right-click the file name and select Save As. Specify an output format (ESRI Shapefile or MapInfo file).
How to convert ArcGIS Desktop layout to QGIS?
These tool are a more advanced version of the freely available SLYR plugin ( https://github.com/nyalldawson/slyr) that “only” convert the ESRI .style file to QGIS compatible style. Regarding the Mxd2Qgs plugin the description seem to state that its for exporting layer only but why not test it to see if it fill your need ?