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Tiled Labels to Annotation Tool

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Tiled Labels to Annotation Tool
Tiled Labels to Annotation Tool

Tiled Labels To Annotation Tool, Annotation Toolset, Cartography Toolbox

Tiled Labels to Annotation

Converts labels to annotation for layers in a map based on a polygon index layer.

The tool divides a map into tiles and creates annotation for each tile in turn. This is useful for converting a large number of labels to annotation. The polygon index layer can be generated by the Map Server Cache Tiling Scheme To Polygons or Grid Index Features tool or any other polygon feature class that covers the area where you want to create annotation.

1.  Map Document

The source map document that contains the labels to convert to annotation.

2.  Data Frame

The data frame from the map document that contains the labels to convert to annotation.

3.  Polygon Index Layer

The polygon layer that contains tile features.

4.  Output Geodatabase

The workspace where the output feature classes will be saved. The workspace can be an existing geodatabase or an existing feature dataset.

5.  Output Layer

The group layer that will contain the generated annotation. When working in ArcCatalog, you can use the Save To Layer File tool to write the output group layer to a layer file. When using ArcMap, the tool adds the group layer to the display if this option is checked in the geoprocessing options. The group layer that is created is temporary and will not persist after the session ends unless the document is saved.

6.  Annotation Suffix

The suffix that will be added to each new annotation feature class. This suffix will be appended to the name of the source feature class for each new annotation feature class. The reference scale for the annotation will follow this suffix.

7.  Reference Scale Value (optional)

The scale value that will be used as a reference for the annotation. This is the scale on which all symbol and text sizes in the annotation will be based.

8.  Reference Scale Field (optional)

The field in the polygon index layer that will determine the reference scale of the annotation. This is the scale on which all symbol and text sizes in the annotation will be based.

9.  Tile ID Field (optional)

A field in the polygon index layer that uniquely identifies the tiled area. These values will populate the TileID field in the annotation feature class attribute table.

10. Coordinate System Field (optional)

A field in the polygon index layer that contains the coordinate system information for each tile. Due to the length required for a field to store coordinate system information, a polygon index layer that contains a coordinate system field must be a geodatabase feature class.

11. Map Rotation Field (optional)

A field in the polygon index layer that contains an angle by which the data frame is to be rotated.

12.  Generate Feature Linked Annotation (optional)

This parameter is only available with ArcGIS Desktop Standard and ArcGIS Desktop Advanced licenses.

Specifies whether the output annotation feature class will be linked to the features in another feature class.

  1. Unchecked—The output annotation feature class will not be linked to the features in another feature class. This is the default.
  2. Checked—The output annotation feature class will be linked to the features in another feature class.

13.  Generate Unplaced Annotation (optional)

Specifies whether unplaced annotation will be created from unplaced labels.

  1. Unchecked—Annotation will only be created for features that are currently labeled. This is the default.
  2. Checked—Unplaced annotation is stored in the annotation feature class. The status field for this annotation is set to Unplaced.

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