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What are the parameters for label fitting in Maplex?
The label-fitting strategy parameters control label stacking, feature overrun, font size reduction, label abbreviation, and key numbering. In addition, the Maplex Label Engine allows you to specify a preference for the order in which these strategies will be applied to the placement of the label.
What does the Maplex label Engine do for You?
The Maplex Label Engine lets you control how labels should be placed relative to features, how labels can be modified or reduced to allow more label placement when the available space is constrained, and how conflicts between labels are resolved. The Maplex Label Engine provides the following:
How is a label Expression limited in ArcGIS?
A label expression is limited to a single line of code unless you check the Advanced box on the Label Expression dialog box. Checking the Advanced box allows you to enter a function containing programming logic and spanning multiple lines of code. Field values are automatically cast to text strings.
How to label a field in ESRI SQL?
To label a subset of features based on a field value, create the SQL query in the label class instead of through the label expression. (This information is housed on web pages not created, owned, nor maintained by Esri. Esri cannot guarantee the availability of these pages and is not responsible for the content found on them.)
What can the Maplex label Engine do for You?
The Maplex Label Engine has a number of label conflict resolution strategies to solve label problems in congested areas. Feature weights let you indicate which feature classes may be covered by labels. Background labels may be overlapped by other labels.
How to improve the labels on a map?
The first step to improve the labels on your map is to start ArcMap and turn on the Maplex Label Engine. Start ArcMap. Click the Open button on the Standard toolbar. Navigate to the Parcels.mxd map document in the Maplex directory where you installed the tutorial data.
How do you label a map in ArcMap?
You’ll add the Labeling toolbar to ArcMap and use these tools to label your map. Click Customize > Toolbars and click Labeling. Because the Maplex Label Engine has been enabled, all items on the Labeling toolbar are active. You can dock the toolbar to the ArcMap window, or you can leave it floating.