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Edit Drawing and Text Labels

You can edit drawings and text added to the map both while you are working and when you reopen a saved map project.

You can edit drawings and text in the following ways:

• Rotate the whole drawing or drag it to a new position on the map.
• Resize or reshape the whole drawing or line.
• Drag individual point (vertex) of the drawing or line to a new position.
• Change the color and transparency of fills for shapes.
• Change the color, thickness, and transparency of lines and borders.
• Edit the text of a label.
• Drag text to a new position on the map.
• Rotate the text by editing the angle.
• Change the font, color, transparency, and size of text.
• Add feature information to the text label.
• Erase one or all the drawings and labels on the map.

To edit a drawing:

1. On the toolbar, click the Edit tool, and then click the drawing you want to edit.

   A marquee surrounds the drawing with small squares showing all the points (vertices) that you can edit.

   

2. To change the shape of the drawing, drag any of the points to a new position.

   As you drag, the point changes to a black square.

   

   Change the shape by dragging individual points

3. To rotate the whole drawing, click the handle above the marquee and drag it around.

   

   Rotate the drawing

4. To move the whole drawing without changing its shape, place your cursor inside the drawing and drag it to the new position.

   

   Move drawing by clicking and dragging in any direction

5. To resize or reshape the drawing, click the corner handle of the marquee and drag in any direction.

   

   Resize or reshape the drawing

6. To constrain the drawing to resize along a single axis, click the handle on one side of the marquee (it turns yellow) and then drag the marquee outwards or inwards on that axis.

   

   Resize along one axis

7. To change the colors, transparency, or thickness of fills, borders and lines:

   • Click and select a new color from the Border, Fill, or Color pickers.

     

   • Drag transparency sliders to the left or right to adjust the transparency.
   • Type in a new thickness for the border or lines.

   • Select a new style for a line from the Style drop-down list.

     

8. To save your changes, click anywhere on the markup.

   If you have drawn a line, click on the line.

9. To remove a drawing, click the Erase tool and then click on any part of a drawing.

10. To remove all the drawings on a map, click Clear All.

To edit text labels:

1. On the toolbar, click the Edit tool, and then click the text you want to edit.

   The text box changes to allow you to delete and retype the text.

   

2. To move text, click the Edit tool and then click and drag the text to a new position.

   As long as you hold the mouse button down, the cursor displays as an arrow attached to the top left corner of the text and you can drag the text anywhere on the map. When the text is in the right position, lift your finger off the mouse button .

   

3. To rotate text, click on a line of the text. When the tools on the toolbar activate, either type in an angle between 0 and 360 degrees, or use the up and down arrows to rotate the text to a new angle.

   

4. To change the font, color and size of the text, click the text and then do any of the following:
   • Click the font drop-down list and select a new font family.

   • Click the color picker and select a new font color.

     

   • Drag the transparency slider to the left to increase the transparency of the text.
   • Click and type in a new size for the font or use the arrow keys to select a new font size.
5. To save your changes, click on the text.
6. To delete text, click the Erase Drawing tool and then click on the text.
7. To remove all the text labels on a map, click Clear All Drawings.