I have a feature layer containing lines and i have gotten the labels to look "pretty". I now need to export these lines and labels to a KMZ - customer wants to see exactly what i'm seeing - the lines and labels exactly as they are in Pro. obviously just sharing the feature class doesn't preserve the labeling i've displayed on the map. here's what i've tried:
1- labels -> graphics. graphics -> features (annotations). merge the label features + the line features - fails because you can't merge annotations to lines.
2- labels -> graphics. graphics -> features (polylines). failed to make the letters into polylines. fair enough.
3- feature outline mask for the label feature class - failed due to a bug that 3 others have reported on ESRI since 2020 - this tool does not work for annotations specifically.
4- saving as a tif, colorizing so that only the lines and letters are visible, and the background is transparent. this symbology didn't carry over when i shared the tif. (this was just a desperate attempt to get something to work)
is there something i'm missing? this seems like it should be a relatively easy task but i've been banging my head against the wall on it for an hour and a half. i cannot post my data or screenshots due to privacy concerns, so i hope i've described the problem well enough.
