Adding formatted text to map document annotation or graphic text
Steps:
-
Click the New Text button
on the Draw toolbar.
- Click in the map display and type the text string.
- Press ENTER.
As you type formatting tags into the string, you see the tags as plain text on the display.
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The formatted text appears on the display.
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![Tip Tip](rsrc/tip.png)
If the string you enter has any syntax problems, formatting will be disabled and all the tags will appear as plain text on the display. To correct syntax errors, edit the text by double-clicking it with the Select Element tool
or clicking the New Text button
and clicking once inside the text.
![Select Elements Select Elements](00s8/GUID-7EFF9116-53ED-4F72-9472-16B283A11C53-web.png)
![New Text New Text](00s8/GUID-B678FBA7-7218-428A-8824-A12B733462C7-web.png)
![Tip Tip](rsrc/tip.png)
If you are creating geodatabase annotation text, use the tools on the Annotation toolbar.
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5/2/2011