Exercise 1: Create a text layer

You create a text layer in the Display Manager, much the same way as you create a drawing layer.

Note: This exercise uses the map you edited in Lesson 2: Add Labels to Features.

To create a text layer

1. Open the map you edited and saved in the previous exercises.

   You used Save As to save the map with a new name.

2. In the Task Pane, switch to Display Manager, if it is not already displayed.
3. In the Display Manager, click DataNew Text Layer.
   
4. In the Choose Spatial Database File dialog box, enter a name and location for the SDF file to store the layer information. Click Save.

   Call the text layer "Downtown Redding Text."

5. In the Specify Coordinate System dialog box, set the coordinate system for the layer to CA-I. Click OK.

   The new text layer is added to the Display Manager. The default layer name is Annotation.

6. To rename the layer, select it, and then click its current name. Enter a new name, for example "Downtown Redding."
   

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 2: Style the text layer.