topic Re: Label Transparency in Mapping Questions

Label Transparency

WilliamTrachtman — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:02:05 GMT

I see that Maplex is now part of 10.1. Does this allow for semi-transparent labels?
Thanks

Re: Label Transparency

nimitz — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:10:06 GMT

Is this with an ArcView license or ArcInfo?

Re: Label Transparency

JonMorris — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:54:32 GMT

It is not possible to have transparency on dynamic labels, but you can convert to annotation then set transparency on the annotation feature layer.

Re: Label Transparency

WilliamTrachtman — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:22:28 GMT

Thanks. That is something that I had never thought about. I was always bringing in my maps into photoshop and manually labeling things that needed transparent labels. I am glad I checked this out again.
Clay

Re: Label Transparency

JaredReid1 — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:24:14 GMT

And where exactly do you change the annotation layer's transparency?

Re: Label Transparency

JonMorris — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:26:38 GMT

From the annotation layer in the TOC, right-click > Properties (or double-click) > Display tab > Transparent.

It's a percentage scale where 0% is opaque and 100% is completely transparent (i.e. invisible).