topic DATA DRIVEN PAGES - Convert Dynamic to Static Text in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/data-driven-pages-convert-dynamic-to-static-text/m-p/682674#M7394 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Okay....I don't get what I'm missing here.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have a series of 23 E-size maps of different counties...and I want to use Dynamic Text in the Legend and Title box to appropriately label the county name and different legend elements.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Problem is when I export to Pdf the dynamic text disappears (in ArcGIS help I found out why...but no suitable solution).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there a way to convert dynamic text to static???</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:28:17 GMT ArielleSimmons 2012-12-14T13:28:17Z DATA DRIVEN PAGES - Convert Dynamic to Static Text https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/data-driven-pages-convert-dynamic-to-static-text/m-p/682674#M7394 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Okay....I don't get what I'm missing here.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have a series of 23 E-size maps of different counties...and I want to use Dynamic Text in the Legend and Title box to appropriately label the county name and different legend elements.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Problem is when I export to Pdf the dynamic text disappears (in ArcGIS help I found out why...but no suitable solution).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there a way to convert dynamic text to static???</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:28:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/data-driven-pages-convert-dynamic-to-static-text/m-p/682674#M7394 ArielleSimmons 2012-12-14T13:28:17Z Re: DATA DRIVEN PAGES - Convert Dynamic to Static Text https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/data-driven-pages-convert-dynamic-to-static-text/m-p/682675#M7395 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>If you are using Python all you simply need to do is reference the text element using arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements and then reset its .text property to overwrite the dynamic tags.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm curious about the problem of dynamic text disappearing during PDF export.&nbsp; What issue and what help topic addresses it?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Jeff</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:47:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/data-driven-pages-convert-dynamic-to-static-text/m-p/682675#M7395 JeffBarrette 2012-12-17T14:47:40Z