Editing formatted text
Steps:
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Click the Select Elements tool
on the Draw toolbar and double-click the text element you want to edit.
- Modify the text shown in the Text box on the Text tab.
- Click Apply or OK to apply your changes and see any formatting changes on the display.
The original text is shown below:
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Formatting tags appear as plain text.
In this example, italic formatting tags have been added to the word north:
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If you have geodatabase annotation, use the ArcMap editing tools to edit your annotation strings.

With geodatabase annotation, the Attributes dialog box has a formatted preview and lets you create mixed-format text without entering tag syntax.
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5/2/2011