topic Re: Flip the text in Arcmap.... in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154026#M1703 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Check out these results when flipping features and text:</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="flip-text.png" class="jive-image image-1" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/3219_flip-text.png" style="height: auto;" /></P><P>As Xander says as soon as you flip text you end up with a mirror image that does not make much sense. The flip both example is the same as rotating text 180 degrees:</P><P><IMG alt="rotate-text.png" class="jive-image image-2" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/3220_rotate-text.png" style="height: auto;" /></P><P>Generally, text that is upside-down (at any angle) becomes hard to read. Mirrored text is even harder to read.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 03:39:44 GMT OwenEarley 2014-08-08T03:39:44Z Flip the text in Arcmap.... https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154022#M1699 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Excuse me sir.... in arcmap, it can rotate and flip graphic drawing like polygon or rectangle, however it cannot flip the text..... any solution to flip the texts.... <SPAN aria-label="Sad" class="emoticon_sad emoticon-inline" style="height:16px;width:16px;"></SPAN><SPAN aria-label="Sad" class="emoticon_sad emoticon-inline" style="height:16px;width:16px;"></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 02:59:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154022#M1699 MonyrothLy 2014-08-08T02:59:38Z Re: Flip the text in Arcmap.... https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154023#M1700 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I suppose it is not possible to flip text, since it would compromise the readability of the text. Why would you want to do that?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 03:20:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154023#M1700 XanderBakker 2014-08-08T03:20:04Z Re: Flip the text in Arcmap.... https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154024#M1701 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You could create an image of the text and flip the image, although it does not make sense to me...</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 03:21:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154024#M1701 XanderBakker 2014-08-08T03:21:03Z Re: Flip the text in Arcmap.... https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154025#M1702 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I want to flip the text according to stream direction, so how to create image?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 03:34:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154025#M1702 MonyrothLy 2014-08-08T03:34:06Z Re: Flip the text in Arcmap.... https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154026#M1703 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Check out these results when flipping features and text:</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="flip-text.png" class="jive-image image-1" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/3219_flip-text.png" style="height: auto;" /></P><P>As Xander says as soon as you flip text you end up with a mirror image that does not make much sense. The flip both example is the same as rotating text 180 degrees:</P><P><IMG alt="rotate-text.png" class="jive-image image-2" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/3220_rotate-text.png" style="height: auto;" /></P><P>Generally, text that is upside-down (at any angle) becomes hard to read. Mirrored text is even harder to read.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 03:39:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154026#M1703 OwenEarley 2014-08-08T03:39:44Z Re: Flip the text in Arcmap.... https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154027#M1704 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Do you mean the feature labels?</P><P></P><P>To change the orientation of labels go right-click on your layer and select Properties then the Labels tab. There is a button Placement Properties:</P><P><IMG alt="placement-properties.png" class="jive-image image-1" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/3227_placement-properties.png" style="height: auto;" /></P><P>The parallel or curved options should make the labels match the stream directions.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 03:52:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154027#M1704 OwenEarley 2014-08-08T03:52:37Z Re: Flip the text in Arcmap.... https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154028#M1705 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>thank for your reply i will try.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 09:07:46 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/flip-the-text-in-arcmap/m-p/154028#M1705 MonyrothLy 2014-08-08T09:07:46Z