Introduction to the Maplex tutorial

Introducing the Maplex tutorial

A good way to learn how to use ESRI's Maplex for ArcGIS is to work through the process of labeling a map. This tutorial introduces you to some labeling techniques in the context of mapping land parcels and streets.

In this tutorial, you will use Maplex for ArcGIS to do the following:

• Improve labels for parcel features by stacking and reducing the size of the labels.
• Place labels for parcel boundary features by aligning them to their features and reducing their size.
• Improve label placements for street features by applying a labeling style and an abbreviation dictionary.

Tutorial data

The exercises in this tutorial use the tutorial data distributed with Maplex for ArcGIS. The default installation location of the data is C:\ArcGIS\ArcTutor\Maplex.

In this tutorial

• Exercise 1: Enabling Maplex for ArcGIS and adding the Labeling toolbar
• Exercise 2: Labeling the parcels with their serial and parcel numbers
• Exercise 3: Labeling the parcel boundaries with their length
• Exercise 4: Labeling the streets with their names