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Managing Layout Properties for Label Styles

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You use the Layout tab of the Label Style Composer dialog box to control text and border settings, display properties, and content.

Layout properties are controlled independently for each label component. A label component can be text, a block, a line, a tick, or a direction arrow.

For example, a parcel line “Bearing Over Distance” label may have four components:

  • Bearing. A text component that labels the line’s angle.
  • Distance. A text component that labels the line’s distance.
  • Table Tag. A text component. Used only for table insertion. Required for labels that can be inserted into tables.
  • Direction Arrow. A direction arrow component that is positioned relative to the Bearing.

You can use the Layout properties to control each of these components separately.

Note

For more information about defining new label components, see Adding Content to Labels.

Note

This section describes the Layout Properties for Text Components. Many of the same properties are available for Block, Tick, Line, and Direction Arrow components. Additional layout properties are described in Blocks, Ticks, Lines, and Direction Arrows.

Topics in this section

  • Anchor Points and Attachment Points

    Label component position is defined by specifying an anchor component, an anchor point, and an attachment point. Rotation angles and X and Y offsets are applied in relation to the anchor component and anchor point.

  • Specifying Anchor Points

    You can attach labels to specified geometry point locations.

  • Background Mask

    Use a background mask for Text and Referenced Text components to mask the background of a label component.

  • Offset

    Specify X and Y offsets to define the distance between the anchor point of the anchor component and the attachment point of the label component.

  • Rotation

    Specify a rotation angle for a label component.

  • Colors

    Assign colors to individual components in a label.

  • Linetypes

    Assign linetypes to individual components in a label.

  • Lineweights

    Assign lineweights to individual components in a label.

  • Text Height

    Specify text height for label text components.

  • Curved Text

    For label styles designed to label curves, you can specify that the label text is drawn to follow the curve.

  • Borders

    You can add rectangular, circular, or rounded rectangular borders to individual label components.


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