Add labels to all map items on a layer using the Label dialog box, or add them to individual items that you click using the Annotation > Label Entities option. Like other annotations, with the Select 
option enabled in the Annotation toolbar item, labels for entities can be dragged and deleted, and type settings can be changed. To create different types of labels for different entities, change the label posting options in the Label dialog box before clicking each item.
Using the Label dialog box, select the font style and color of the labels, the scales at which they appear, and their placement position. If you select scaled labels, the size of the label changes as you zoom the map.
When you use the Annotation > Label Entities option, the annotation options applied are those configured using the Label dialog box. If no settings are applied for a type of map item, or if that item is not set to Inspect 
the Label Entity option can't be used.
Labels can be applied to both system and query layers. Labels are saved and printed along with your map.
To create labels
1. Click to select the layer name in the Layer Legend.
When you select a layer for which you can change the label, the label tool in the Layer Legend toolbar switches from inactive (
) to active (
).
2. From the Layers menu, click Label .
The Label dialog box appears.
3. Click a label position in the Selected Labels pane at which to position an attribute label and then click an attribute in the Available Labels pane to the left.
4. Repeat the above step to add multiple labels at different positions for an item.
5. Using the Text pane, select text properties (font, size, color, style) and a scale range at which labels should appear, and then click OK.
Labels for polygon layers appear inside the polygons on the map. Labels that are too large to fit inside a polygon won't appear unless you either zoom in or reduce the font size of the label.
To apply labels in Annotation mode
1. With the desired annotation options selected using the previous procedure, from the Annotation menu select Label Entity ().
OR
From the Map menu, click Annotation, and the Label Entity ().
The cursor appears as follows: 
2. Click the map item at the point at which to anchor the label.
The Label Entity option only works for layers set to Inspect .
The label appears at the location clicked.
Formatting and content for the label information is based on the settings defined in the Label dialog box. The label size scales along with the map so that it remains visible as you zoom in and out.
For map items with multiple labels, for example well heads where you post multiple labels around the well symbol, multiple labels can be applied. The data appears in a single label with information from different labels appearing on separate lines. Where different fonts are selected for different labels, the font selected in the last label you post is applied to all of the labels.
Information in the annotation label isn't connected to the underlying relational database from which it's originally drawn, so data won't remain synchronized with the underlying relational data when you update your data or if you switch the current measurement system between Imperial and metric.
To delete an annotation, select it and then press DELETE.
To change the formatting or to add text to a label entity, right-click the label entity and from the shortcut menu, click Properties.
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