ArcReader - Text Box

[SamNyquist]

I am currently working for a county park group. The group that I am currently working for is trying to use ArcReader. We're going to use it so that anyone in the office can create quick and easy maps of the parks and surrounding areas that we work with. I think that it would be nice if there was a tool that allowed users to add there own text boxes to the maps. Every map is not going to be used for the same need, so this would be an easy way for users to individualize there maps and highlight issues of importance. Thank-you.

[MichaelKraus]

 You do have the option when you publish a map to include a published map title.  This is something that the ArcReader user can modify in their document.  While it is called the published map title, you could use it for some other text.  When I publish maps, I sometime use this map title as a piece of text the end user can change in ArcReader.  If you make it multi-line when publishing the map, the end user also has the ability to have their text across multiple lines, provided they keep / copy the [][] characters.

Not ideal, but perhaps a workaround for you while your idea is considered??

Michael Kraus

[JamesPaull]

Needs to be combined with the same idea here.

And very much required! It's the only thing from stopping me rolling out ArcReader across the entire business.

[CraigWilliams]

ArcGIS Desktop is in mature support and will be retired March 1, 2026 so we won’t be considering this idea. We recommend that you migrate to ArcGIS Pro, our fully supported desktop GIS application. See Migrate from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro for more information. Thank you for taking the time to share your ideas. We truly appreciate your contributions to continuously improving the software to help you do your work and look forward to what ideas you have for ArcGIS Pro.