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Labels Question and save as a new file with preserve labels symbology ?

DEAF_PROBERT_68 — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:29:56 GMT

Hello, As I am setting my layers up on my ArcMap and they all have the same attribute names and numbers, I have set up the symbology for each road and use the define classes of features and label each class differently I want to set to.

My question is how do I preserve the define classes of features and label each classes differently when I export to a new shapefile ? Will I need to re-do all over again ? Is there a toolbar to let me to save it and display without having to go through all over again ?

Re: What is the toolbar that allow you to preserve the labels

AdrianWelsh — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:42:15 GMT

Hi Robert,

Use the Labelling toolbar in ArcMap. I also find that it helps to turn on Maplex Label Engine as well.

A quick tour of the Labeling toolbar—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

Exercise 1: Enabling the Maplex Label Engine and adding the Labeling toolbar—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

Re: Labels Question and save as a new file with preserve labels symbology ?

DanPatterson_Retired — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 18:10:59 GMT

and there is this link Saving layers and layer packages—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop which also references labelling

Re: Labels Question and save as a new file with preserve labels symbology ?

DEAF_PROBERT_68 — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 19:15:47 GMT

The Layer package seem to work best when you want to preserve the layer I need to save. Actually I use the Consolidate Layer that I need to save 5 more layers with different names.