how to make curved text in arcgis pro 2.1

[MichaelKohler]

Can you make text element that is curved in Pro like splined text in arc map?

[DanPatterson_Retired]

like the image in this link? http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/editing/change-annotation-baseline-geometry.htm

[MichaelKohler]

Yes. But without having to use annotation. I saw that and am making a dummy point feature class right now to hold the label and then convert to annotation so i have something to work with.

Any way to just add it as a text element

[DanPatterson_Retired]

So like this example... http://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/mapping/text/label-using-the-river-placement-style-for-line-fe...

[MichaelKohler]

LOL! quick draw! Thank you very much. I probably should have mentioned that I was trying to add text in a layout. I want to change the text for the apartments and mini golf to be curved around the circle. I had originally used a hexagon and the labels worked fine. Mayor said make them circles. So circles they shall be! I can deal with it and just place the labels in the middle of the circles but would like them to bend.

I am using Pro more and more but still find it a bit of a challenge to do exactly what I want like I could in ArcMap.

[MichaelKohler · Accepted solution]

sorry for being so stupid.