Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 314)

Label Display tab
Options on the Label Display tab include:
• Label with - Choose the column that you want reflected in the label. You can only set a Label with
expression on a single layer. After selecting multiple layers in the Layer list, the Label with list disables
and shows a message that says Mixed.
• Expression - Click to open the Expression dialog box and create an expression query of your data.
• Allow abbreviated labels - Select this check box to use an alternate abbreviation field expression
for labels that cannot be drawn, because they overlap other labels or do not fit within a region.
From drop-down list, select the table field (column) that contains the abbreviations.
• Font - Click this button to display the Text Style dialog box, to set all properties of the labeling font.
• Size - Sets the font size of the labeling font.
• Color - Sets the foreground color of the labeling font.
• Translucency - Use this slider bar to indicate the translucency of the selected object of the labels.
Translucency can be set between 0 to 100%. A 0% translucency is completely opaque (or cannot be
seen through). A 100% translucency is completely transparent (or completely invisible).
• Label Lines - Select a line type, or no line type, to attach the label to the anchor point.
• None - Do not display a line with the label.
• Simple - Create a callout by using a simple line that connects the label to the anchor point. Label
lines display after you move the label from where it was originally created.
• Arrow - Create a callout by using an arrow and line that connects the label to anchor point. Label
lines display after you move the label from where it was originally created.
Labeling Rules tab
Options on the Labeling Rules tab include:
• Label Position buttons - Use the label position (Anchor Point) buttons and the label offset to specify
the label's placement. The anchor point is the label's position relative to the map object.
Click one of the buttons to select an anchor point. The default anchor point varies with the type of map
object you are labeling: Regions default to Center, Lines default to Above Center, and Points default
to Right.
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Labeling Your Map