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■ Exercise 3: Add labels
■ Lesson 6: Create a Legend
Workflow
■ Style and Label a Linear Feature
GIS Skill
■ Label features and optimize placement.
■ Create and edit a legend.
Related topics
■
Styling Features (page 639)
■ Setting Up Annotation Templates
(page 185)
To set up annotation templates
NOTE Annotation templates are for drawing objects only. To label geospatial
features, see
Adding Labels to Features (page 1091).
■
To set up annotation (page 189)
■
To make an XREFed drawing with annotation templates available in the
current drawing
(page 189)
■
To define an annotation template (page 192)
■
To change an annotation template (page 196)
■
To delete all references to a selected annotation template (page 197)
■
To delete an annotation template (page 197)
Overview of Annotation Templates
In an annotation template, you define the information to display in the
annotation and the layout of that information. Annotation templates are
stored as specially named blocks within your drawing.
After you create an annotation template, you can insert instances of the
annotation into your drawing. Creating annotation templates and inserting
annotation is like creating and inserting blocks.
NOTE Annotation templates are for drawing objects only. To label geospatial
features, see
Adding Labels to Features (page 1091).
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