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• Draw text objects one at a time using the Text Label button. This allows you to create multiple
annotations for a single map feature, which is something you cannot do using labels.
Creating Labels with the Labeler Tool
To use the Labeler tool, choose Tools > Tool Manager, and then locate Labeler Tool in the list of
available tools. Select the Loaded checkbox and/or the Autoload checkbox, and then click OK. Options
for the Labeler tool now appear on the Tools menu and on the Tools toolbar.
Use the Labeler tool to create individual labels. First, make sure that the layer containing the objects
you want to label is selectable. Click the Labeler tool to activate it, and click a map object. MapInfo
Professional labels the object with the column or expression you specified for that layer in the Layer
Control window. Double-click on the layer to display the Layer Properties dialog and make changes on
the Label Display tab and Labeling Rules tab. Remember that InfoTips are active for the Labeler tool,
so you can view the object's label before you actually label the object.
For more information about the Labeler tool, see the Tools section of the Help System.
Saving Labels
Whenever you manually edit automatic labels (including deleting using the Edit menu, and click Clear
or press the Delete key), change the settings on individual automatic labels, or create labels with the
Label tool, you will need to save your map to a workspace to have them display in your next session.
For example, label settings are deactivated by default. Click the Automatic Labels icon in Layer
Control to display automatic labels on your map and do not save the change when you close the table.
The next time you display your map, the labels do not display because the settings go back to the defaults.
As with the other Layer Control options, label settings are temporary unless you save a workspace.
Manually edited labels and labels created with the Label tool behave differently. If you close a window
or a table and you have label edits pending, MapInfo Professional will specifically prompt you to save
the session to a workspace.
This also applies to labels you have deleted using the Edit menu, click Clear or press the Delete key.
You may not have any labels visible on your map, but because deleting a label is an editing operation,
MapInfo Professional will ask you if you want to save the edits to a workspace.
• Click Save to save your edited labels to a Workspace file.
• Click Discard if you do not want to save any edited labels. The window-close or table-close operation
will proceed.
• Click Cancel if you do not want to proceed with the Close operation. The table or window will not close,
and your Map window will keep any edited labels.
For more information, see Removing Labels in the Help System.
Adding an Adornment to the Map
MapInfo Professional provides map adornments, such as scale bar, to place and anchor in a Map or
classic Layout window. The scale or geographic position of the map does not affect the position or size
of an adornment, so it remains stationary when zooming or panning the map. However, the properties
and visual representation of an adornment, such as a map scale, may change as the map projection or
scale changes.
Adornments are drawn as the topmost elements on a map, on top of any labels and on top of the cosmetic
layer. Adornments may display with a border and a background. You can move adornments anywhere
on the map by clicking and dragging them with the mouse cursor.
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