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Moving Labels in a Drawing

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Use grips to move labels. Each label in a drawing contains a single, primary grip that can be used to drag a label from its position.

The Dragged State settings within the label style control how labels appear when dragged. If the Stacked Text option is selected, text components in dragged labels are stacked vertically based on the order in which the text components were created in the label style. Dragged labels can display a leader pointing from the text to the label’s original location. For more information about stacked text, see Managing How Label Text Appears when Dragged.

Depending on the label type, you move a label in one of two ways. For more information, see Understanding Labels.

Tutorial Exercise: Selecting and Moving Labels

To move an anchored label in a drawing

  1. Click the label to be moved and select the square grip.
  2. Move the label to the new location.
    Note

    To return the label to its original position, if the leader is not modified from its original state, click the reset grip or right-click the label and click Reset Label. For group labels, click the reset grip or right-click the label and click Reset All Group Labels.

    If the leader has been divided into multiple segments, a single click will restore the leader to its original state. Click the reset grip twice to reset the label to its original location.

To move an unanchored label in a drawing

  1. Click the label to be moved.
  2. Hover the cursor over the grip. Click Move Label.
  3. Move the label to the new location.
    Note

    To return the label to its original position, hover the cursor over the grip. Click Reset Label Location.

    To return the label to its original position and rotation, hover the cursor over the grip. Click Reset Label.

Move each component of a point label independently by using component grips.

To edit point label text with grips

  1. Click the point label.

    The point marker and label grips are available.

    NoteYou can use the grip to move the point marker and label simultaneously.
  2. Hover the cursor over the grip. Click Toggle Sub Item Grips.

    The individual point label grips are available.

  3. Click a grip and move the label component to the new location.

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