Unit Six: Labels

1. Unit Six: Labels Review Adding Text to Maps Labels Annotation Text Annotation & Graphics Labeling Label and Annotation Appearance Scale Formatting In this unit…

2. Review • The appearance of features is often keyed to attribute table values. • The legend reflects those values. • We can add text to maps that is also keyed to the attribute data.

3. Adding Text to Maps There are two ways to add text to maps… • “Labels” • Use data from attribute values to label features • Remain connected to the data • Are sometimes not editable • Can be dynamically placed on many features at once • Can be automatically turned “off” & “on” based on scale • Applies to ALL features in a layer (or to single features only when using the Label Tool) • “Annotation” • Not related to attribute data i.e. can be entered as text • May also be created from any number of labels • Always editable • Stored either in the map document, or in a special type of database (geodatabase) • Used to create fewer text objects – titles, notes, or a few feature descriptions

4. Annotation & Graphics Simple Annotation – adding simple text • Use the Text Tool dropdown to select a style • Click the map where the text will be located. • Type the text into the resulting dialog box • Bonus: Callout styles are editable! 2 3 1 Text (not Label) Settings

5. Annotation & Graphics Not-So-Simple Annotation – using a label tool to create annotation directly from attributes. • Use the Text Tool dropdown to select the Label Tool • Select the behavior you want for the labels • Click the feature where you want the annotation 2 3 1

6. Annotation & Graphics Simple Annotation – Text properties Two tabs Right-click on any text object to gain access to the object’s context menu. (or dbl-click to get properties)

7. Annotation & Graphic Appearance Graphics – Supplement Labels and Annotation • Graphics are a context: use right-click menus. • …but graphics properties can be changed more quickly from the Draw Tool Bar. Tool Bar is un-dockable (if you need to see other formatting options at bar’s end) • Label properties are set somewhere else (in the Layer Properties dialog). Create graphics using the Graphics Tool

8. clik! Labeling Prior to Labels Indicate the field(s) where the label values are found.

9. Labeling Labels: a toggleand a process… • Labels are a toggle: either all on or all off. • …but if you want to label a subset of features which are too many for the label tool, it requires a series of steps. • Remember: labels are different than text annotations … we won’t have to enter any values because they are retrieved from the Attribute Table

10. clik! Labeling Labels A toggle! Note the selected features… they are labeled along with all the rest of the layer’s features.

11. Label Appearance Formatting/Scale Layer Properties – Again! scale range Font & Color placement

12. Your turn… Chapter 6: Step 1 through END