Label Transparency

[WilliamTrachtman]

I see that Maplex is now part of 10.1.  Does this allow for semi-transparent labels?
Thanks

[nimitz]

Is this with an ArcView license or ArcInfo?

[JonMorris · Accepted solution]

It is not possible to have transparency on dynamic labels, but you can convert to annotation then set transparency on the annotation feature layer.

[WilliamTrachtman]

Thanks.  That is something that I had never thought about.  I was always bringing in my maps into photoshop and manually labeling things that needed transparent labels.  I am glad I checked this out again.
Clay

[JaredReid1]

And where exactly do you change the annotation layer's transparency?

[JonMorris]

From the annotation layer in the TOC, right-click > Properties (or double-click) > Display tab > Transparent.

It's a percentage scale where 0% is opaque and 100% is completely transparent (i.e. invisible).