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Mapublisher knockouts7/5/2023 With the MAP Tagger Tool enabled, click a map object to add a label for it. Tagging MAP Data MAP Tagger ToolĮnsure the label settings are completed. If the "Labels curve with lines of latitude" option is enabled (in the Area Settings tab), the leader line will only attach to the sides of the text. The leader line attaches to any of the corner snap points around the label The leader line attaches to either the top or bottom snap point of the label The leader line attaches to any of the four designated snap points around the label The leader line attaches to any of the six designated snap points around the label Under the Rules section, change the Label Attachment to one of four settings: A preview shows what the leader line will look like. Adjust the end style scale (based on percentage) using the corresponding controls. To change the end styles, select a feature end style and label end style. Below, click the Leader Line Settings to access appearance and rules.Īdjust the appearance of the leader line by clicking the style link and adjusting stroke width, colour, and opacity or by using an existing graphic style. These Label Settings are common to Label Features, MAP Tagger Tool and MAP Contour Tagger Tool (Lines only).ĭouble-click the MAP Tagger Tool button to access the Label Features dialogue box. MAPublisher provides options to specify label preferences such as label position, alignment to lines of latitude, minimum font sizes and horizontal scaling to best place labels within polygons and paths. Note that labels can only be created in text layers in the same MAP View as the Source Layer. In the Text layer drop-down list, specify the Text layer that the labels will be output to. Select the column that holds the desired attributes to label the data with. The Source Layer list shows all Area, Point and/or Text layers in the current document.įor each layer, the Column drop-down list is populated with the attribute structure of that layer. Source Layer and Columnįirst, set the options in MAPublisher to determine the attribute values that will be converted to text labels. In the Tools panel, double-click the MAP Tagger Tool or MAP Contour Tagger Tool button to enter new label settings or to edit settings. In the Tools panel, click and hold the button to switch between the MAP Tagger Tool or MAP Contour Tagger Tool. Select the appropriate style while using MAP Tagger tools otherwise, labels will appear using the default colour, font and font size. Labels are added to a Text layer created using the MAP Views panel.įor best results, set up a character style for type font, size, justification and colour in the Adobe Illustrator Character Style panel. For the MAP Contour Tagger Tool, labels are placed for Line layers only and works best on contour lines. For the MAP Tagger Tool, labels are placed at the position of the mouse click and leader lines can easily be created in dense areas. It provides greater control over the initial placement of the label. These tools function similarly to the Label Features function, however, labels are created by clicking features on the artboard. The MAP Tagger Tool and MAP Contour Tagger Tool are interactive labeling tools that use the attribute data of selected features as a source for the labels.
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