Martyn
Quite true, Managing text labels in MI is very clumsy.
What I do is to create a separate layer for the text things. Depending on
the final scale the map is to be printed , I adjust the text size. This
means if I two standard scales ie 20K and 50K I keep two layers with
appropriate lable sizes. These are combined with the original base layer as
two separate workspaces. so selecting the appropriate workspace ensures that
I dont end up with Huge labels on top of tiny dots!.
To select the most appropriate size for each scale what i do is to create a
layout window and then view the map in 'actual size' from the layout
pulldown menu. In spite of this I do waste a lot of stationery trying to get
some appropriate looking labeling.
Has anyone got a quicker and better solution - perhaps something in MB ?
regards
Tigi
----- Original Message -----
From: "martyn harvie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 8:47 PM
Subject: MI-L Text Scaling
> Can anyone help
>
> I am trying to adjust the text size through the "Text Style" dialogue box,
> however each time I select a point size the text changes to a size
different
> from that I have requested. I am also having difficulty selecting text
and
> am finding that marquee select sometimes picks up what I want and
sometimes
> selects a close by item of text not covered.
>
> All suggestions welcome
>
> Thank you
>
> Martyn
>
> Martyn Harvie
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