Shapefile objects not resizing when zooming

[NeilUnderhill]

When I zoom on one of my maps the symbols and text for particular shapefile objects do not resize (no-resize.jpg).  On other maps the text and symbols are constant size regardless of the map scale (resize.jpg).

The only special thing about the problem map is that I have defined the projection myself (the problem happens with all shapefiles in the map). Can this cause an issue?

Or is there a setting somewhere to keep text / symbol size constant regardless of map scale?

Thanks,

Neil

[Anonymous User]

Original User: tereshenkov

Do you have reference scale enabled for your data frame?

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00660000043v000000.htm

[NourSalamJMT]

This was so helpful.

[NeilUnderhill]

Thanks Alexey, I had a fixed reference scale.  Changing it to <None> fixed it.

Neil

[Anonymous User]

Original User: tereshenkov

Awesome. 🙂 Don't forget to mark the post as answered.