topic Re: Allow labels to overrun data frame in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Allow labels to overrun data frame

wayfaringrob — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:07:54 GMT

I'm wondering if there's a combination of settings that would effectively ignore the map frame as a boundary in placing labels. I have some counties that run off the page, and while I don't want them not labeled, I don't care to see the whole word. I'm just going for visual consistency. Therefore, I'm looking for the labels to be placed as if the map had no edge; as if this were a crop of an image.

However, my tooling around with the settings can't get this to happen. I have "Place label at fixed position within polygon" checked, as I want them all centered in the county. The labels at the edge of my data frame don't place whatsoever. Any ideas?

Re: Allow labels to overrun data frame

ABishop — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:46:46 GMT

Hello,

Have you tried this?

Go to the Position tab within the label properties and check the box "Never remove (place overlapping)" See pic below:

Re: Allow labels to overrun data frame

wayfaringrob — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 22:36:32 GMT

Oh, yeah that did it! That setting could be named a little more intuitively. Thanks!