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Annotation Text
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An Annotation Text object, also called an annotation text layer, is designed to display and store multiple texts at multiple positions.
When creating an Annotation text object in a map window, you can base the Annotation Text object on an existing point, segment, or polygon map. If you do so, you will obtain label-like texts for all points, segments or polygons in the selected map as class names, IDs or values.
The texts of an Annotation Text object can be edited with the Annotation Text editor or in a table window. In the Annotation Text editor, you can easily insert more text items, change and refine the position of texts (move), make text duplicates, and specify fonts, font sizes, appearance (bold, italics, underline), colors, rotations, etc. for (multiple) selected texts.
When you save the map window as a map view, you can insert the map view including the map(s) and the annotation text layer into a layout.
Names of an annotation text object:
In ILWIS 3, object names comply with Windows long file names. Also Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths are supported. For more information, see How to use long object names.
To create an annotation text object:
In a map window, open the File menu and choose Create Annotation Text. You can also open the Layers menu, choose Add Annotation, Text Layer and then click the Create button in the appearing Add Annotation Text dialog box.
Note:
For vector maps that use a coordinate system of type latlon, an annotation text layer cannot be properly created. It is advised:
To display annotation text:
The easiest way to display an existing annotation text object in a map window is to drag the annotation text object from the Catalog to a map window. In a map window, you can also open the Layers menu and choose Add Annotation, Text Layer and then select an annotation text object in the appearing Add Annotation Text dialog box.
To edit annotation text:
Annotation text objects can be edited in the Annotation Text editor or in a table window. In the annotation text editor, you can insert new texts and delete selected existing texts, move one or more selected texts to another position, make text duplicates, and specify fonts, sizes, colors, etc. for (multiple) selected texts.
For more information, refer to the Annotation Text editor.
Annotation Text objects in map views and layouts:
When an annotation text layer is correctly displayed in a map window, you can save the map window as a map view. Then, to print the map, choose File, Create Layout in the map window, the map view including the annotation text layer will appear in the layout editor. Decide on paper size on which the layout should be printed and decide on the scale on which the map view should be printed; add additional annotation as you like and print from within the layout editor.
Technical information:
An annotation text object consists of an ASCII object definition file (.ATX) and a binary data file (.AT#). The object definition file contains information on the working scale and information on columns in the table. The object definition file contains no further references to other objects.
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