topic Re: Hey Gis-people. in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/hey-gis-people/m-p/499047#M5339 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In the table of contents slow click the names you want to change and change them. You can also right click the layer in the table of contents and choose properties and on the general tab you would be able to change the name there. Changing the name in the table of contents changes the name in the legend.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 May 2016 12:39:19 GMT WesMiller 2016-05-17T12:39:19Z Hey Gis-people. https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/hey-gis-people/m-p/499046#M5338 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I would like to change legend names, so they are not called the same as the .lyr-files. Any ideas?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 May 2016 08:23:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/hey-gis-people/m-p/499046#M5338 KasperSmith_Larsen 2016-05-17T08:23:25Z Re: Hey Gis-people. https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/hey-gis-people/m-p/499047#M5339 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In the table of contents slow click the names you want to change and change them. You can also right click the layer in the table of contents and choose properties and on the general tab you would be able to change the name there. Changing the name in the table of contents changes the name in the legend.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 May 2016 12:39:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/hey-gis-people/m-p/499047#M5339 WesMiller 2016-05-17T12:39:19Z Re: Hey Gis-people. https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/hey-gis-people/m-p/499048#M5340 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>To give graphics to what Wes said...</P><P></P><P><STRONG>Sample DEFAULT......</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <IMG alt="" class="image-1 jive-image" height="250" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/201148_pastedImage_0.png" style="width: 193px; height: 249.91px;" width="193" /><IMG alt="" class="image-2 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/201158_pastedImage_1.png" style="max-width: 1200px; max-height: 900px;" /></P><P></P><P><STRONG>Change layer name and names etc with Layer Properties</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <IMG alt="" class="image-3 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/201159_pastedImage_2.png" style="max-width: 1200px; max-height: 900px;" /></P><P></P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <IMG alt="" class="jive-image image-4" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/201160_pastedImage_5.png" style="max-width: 1200px; max-height: 900px;" /></P><P>....<IMG alt="" class="image-5 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/201161_pastedImage_6.png" style="max-width: 1200px; max-height: 900px;" /></P><P></P><P></P><P>And for me, I wanted to eliminate the "For Display" and "TransType" grouping, so I used the Legend Properties - Items - Style editor to change how the layername and symbols are displayed</P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <IMG alt="" class="image-6 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/201162_pastedImage_7.png" style="max-width: 1200px; max-height: 900px;" /></P><P></P><P>.......</P><P></P><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <IMG alt="" class="image-7 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/201163_pastedImage_8.png" style="max-width: 1200px; max-height: 900px;" /></P><P></P><P></P><P>Take time to explore the Legend Properties dialog box after you've gone thru the insert wizard.&nbsp; there are many options beyond what the default wizard allows.&nbsp; <A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/map/page-layouts/working-with-legends.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/map/page-layouts/working-with-legends.htm">Working with legends—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 May 2016 15:28:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/hey-gis-people/m-p/499048#M5340 RebeccaStrauch__GISP 2016-05-17T15:28:59Z