How To Add Text In Arcgis Pro

In one case text has been added to your layout, you can modify information technology inline or using the Format Text pane.

Columns

Text in a single text element tin can be placed in multiple columns in the Format Text pane. Open the pane by right-clicking a text element in the Contents pane and choosing Backdrop. To add columns, expand the Paragraph header and set the number of columns in the Columns command. Set the distance betwixt columns using the Column Gaps control, and set the distance betwixt the edge of the text element and the start of the text using the Margin control.

Text symbols

Text symbols control how text looks, including the color, font, size, and more. Common text symbol backdrop such as the font, font size, and color are available on the contextual Format tab that appears whenever a text chemical element is selected. The full gear up of text symbol properties are available in the Format Text pane.

To access these properties, correct-click a text element in the Contents pane and choose Properties to open the Format Text pane. Then cull Text Symbol to see the full list of text symbol properties.

Edit in-line text

Later on you've added text, you can make further edits on the layout directly.

To make changes to the text on the layout, double-click the text.
Use the keyboard arrows to move the pointer and delete text or type new text.

Use text editing shortcut keys

Y'all tin can use keyboard shortcuts to work with text elements on the page. These shortcuts crave that you lot select the text offset.


Chemical element	Shortcut
Underline	Ctrl+U
All caps	Ctrl+Shift+A
Modest caps	Ctrl+Shift+K
Superscript	Ctrl+Shift+Plus Sign
Subscript	Ctrl+Equal Sign

Utilize the following shortcuts to commit your changes:

Press Ctrl+Enter.
Press F2.
For area, indicate, and curve text, click outside the element.
Press Esc to cancel the edit.

Format with tags

Text formatting tags allow you to change the formatting for a portion of text. This allows you lot to create mixed-format text where, for example, one word in a sentence is underlined. Text formatting tags tin be used virtually anywhere text is placed on or around the map. You can use the tags anywhere you tin can specify both a text string and a text symbol. For case, yous can use tags in map titles and fable text.

Tags can exist formatted in the Format Text pane. For more information about using tags, see Text formatting tags.

Use spell-bank check

Spell-check is available for text elements in layouts. Other layout elements, such equally legends and scale bars, cannot exist spell-checked. Misspelled words are marked with wavy red underlines in the layout view and in the Format Text pane. Right-click a word marked every bit misspelled to correct the word or add the word to the custom dictionary and then information technology won't be marked as misspelled in the future.

To run into a list of all misspelled words in a layout, on the Layout tab, click the Bank check Spelling button Spell Check . The Bank check Spelling pane appears, listing all misspelled words in the project. Right-click a misspelled give-and-take or words in the pane to correct the word, add together the discussion to the custom dictionary, or zoom to the text chemical element or elements containing that give-and-take.