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13 From the Background Style list, select one of the following:
■ Ghosted: Draws an opaque border around each character. Use
Background Color to specify a color for the outline.
■ Opaque: Draws a background behind the labels. They are displayed
as rectangles with text inside. Use Background Color to specify a color
for the rectangles.
■ Transparent: No background is applied to the labels, which are
displayed only as text on the map.
14 Specify the label’s horizontal and vertical position, relative to the feature.
You can select one of the available positions or select a layer property
that contains alignment information for each feature. Your options
depend on the type of geometry you are styling.
Alignment OptionsGeometry
Horizontal and VerticalPoints that display fixed labels instead of
symbols. For more information, see Display-
ing Fixed Labels at Point Locations (page
1098).
NoneOther points
Vertical onlyLine
NonePolygon (area)
15 For Rotation, do one of the following:
■ Select a value from the list.
■ Click Any Angle. Specify the angle using the slider or enter an angle
in the box. Click OK.
■ Click Expression. Specify the rotation using a numeric expression. See
Creating Numeric Expressions.
16 Click OK in the Style Label dialog box and close the Style Editor to see
the results.
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