I have tried to do some extensive searching and cannot seem to find any resources on this topic so I assume it cannot be done or its so easy no one talks about it. I have Arc Gis Desktop 10 and I am trying to create a map that for symbols it will use sequential numbers, so Data Point 1 will have a symbol of circle with a 1 inside of it and so on (I have seen examples on Esri site). I do not have a lot of experience with the software but I am able to basically figure out the basics.
In addition, but less important, I would like to then take those numbered symbols and create a legend for my layout, so circle 1 translates to data point one in the legend.
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