Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 310)

• Background - In this box, you can specify background options for the selected text. You can select
only one of these options:
None - Set no specific background for the selected text.
Halo - Display the text outlined in a designated color.
Box - Surround the text with a box in a designated color.
Color - Display the color palette; select a color to halo or box the text.
• Effects - In this box, you can specify special effects for the selected text. Not all of these options
display all the time. You can select one or more of these:
Bold - Select this check box to display text in boldface.
Italic - Select this check box to display text in italic.
Underline - Select this check box to display text underlined.
All Caps - Select this check box to display text in all upper case letters.
Shadow - Select this check box to display a grey "drop" shadow under the text.
Expanded - Select this check box to insert double spaces between each letter in the text.
• Sample - The results of the options you choose show in this box.
3. Click Preview to display your settings on the map, and then click OK to apply them.
Labeling Your Map
The labeling features in MapInfo Professional make it easier for you to display, edit, and save labels.
You can specify whether to display labels automatically when you display the map or display the map
without labels. You can edit automatic labels, use the customizing options to make your labels unique,
and create individual labels with the Label tool. Haloing and positioning options enable you to get the
precise look you want for your labels.
About Labeling
The design of the label feature in MapInfo Professional is important for understanding how to create and
manipulate labels on your map. Most important among the design elements are the following:
• Labels are attributes of geographic objects in the map layer. The text is based on data associated with
that object.
• Labels are always selectable and editable.
• Labels are saved to a workspace.
A label is a short description of one geographic object from a map layer, so a street label states the
name of that street for example. The label's text comes from the same table that the layer is based on.
A label is located at or near its geographic object. You can choose a preset position in the Layer
Properties dialog box to place point labels, such as on top of or to the right of points.
As attributes, labels are dynamically connected to their map objects. If the layer is closed or is made
invisible, the labels no longer display. If the data or geographic information changes, the labels change.
If you create an expression for your labels and change the expression, the current labels are dynamically
replaced with new ones.
Labels are always selectable and editable, so you do not have to make the map layer editable or selectable
to work with them. And, since labels are not Cosmetic objects, you do not have to remember to make
the Cosmetic layer selectable or editable to label your map. They are already part of the map layer.
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