Maplex for ArcGIS provides a special set of tools that allows you to improve the quality of the labels on your map. With Maplex for ArcGIS, you can define parameters to control the positioning and size of your labels; Maplex for ArcGIS then uses these parameters to calculate the best placement for all the labels on your map. Maplex for ArcGIS J-9760 May 2009 2 Benefits of Using Maplex for ArcGIS Reduce Manual Editing Time Text placement has traditionally been one of the most time.

• • Complexity: Beginner Data Requirement: ArcGIS Tutorial Data for Desktop Data Path: C: arcgis ArcTutor Maplex Goal: Enable the Maplex Label Engine and add the Labeling toolbar. Imagine that you work for a small city and you need to make a map for the assessor. This map must have parcels labeled with a two-part parcel number, lot lines labeled with their length, and streets labeled with their names. You've almost finished the map, but the labels aren't quite right. Now you are going to use the Maplex Label Engine to complete the labeling; then you will share the map so it can be reused by other departments in the city.

The first step to improve the labels on your map is to start ArcMap and turn on the Maplex Label Engine. • Click the Open button on the Standard toolbar. • Navigate to the Parcels.mxd map document in the Maplex directory where you installed the tutorial data. (C: ArcGIS ArcTutor is the default location.) If the Getting Started window opens, choose to browse for an existing map and open Parcels.mxd.

Zyxel Prestige 2000 Series Firmware there. The Parcels map opens. This map contains several layers in a data frame named Parcel Map. Two of the layers, Streets and Parcels, have been labeled and have label expressions already built for them. You will improve the way their labels are drawn on the map. Another layer, Parcel Boundaries, is not currently labeled. You will add labels for this layer. Enabling the Maplex Label Engine By default ArcMap opens using the Standard Label Engine.

You must set the Maplex Label Engine as the label engine for the data frame. • Right-click the data frame and click Data Frame Properties.

The Data Frame Properties dialog box appears. • Click the General tab. This map has a reference scale of 1:1,200.

This means that, regardless of the current map scale, the feature and font symbol sizes drawn on-screen are scaled relative to their size at 1:1,200 scale. Zooming out makes the symbols and fonts appear smaller, and zooming in makes them appear larger. When you are making a map that will be printed at a particular scale, it is a good idea to set the reference scale before you begin labeling the map. Virtual Breadboard 1.15 Package.

Otherwise, you will not have a clear idea how the map labels will appear when the map is printed; more labels will appear on the map when you are zoomed in and fewer when you are zoomed out. With a reference scale, labels function more like annotation. • Click the Label Engine drop-down arrow and click Maplex Label Engine. The Maplex Label Engine automatically starts to recalculate the placement of the map's existing labels.