Latest Contributions by TomBole

Paula,  This sounds like a bug. I'm unaware of any known issue pertaining to the issue you describe. Are you able to to contact Esri Support? They are better equipped to handle troubleshooting steps and gather bug data. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support. Tom ... View more

Hi Tony,  I think what might be happening is that the focus of the application is switching from the Layout View to the Contents Pane after you select the text (or any layout item). This means that keyboard strokes will be applied to the Contents Pane instead of to the Layout View. If you manually select items on the Layout View (Layout View has focus) the focus should not switch to the Contents Pane. To see what view or pane has focus pay attention to the blue indicator. In this screenshot the Contents Pane has focus. Any keyboard strokes will apply to the Contents Pane. Here the Layout View has focus. Here the keyboard strokes will apply to the Layout View, or selected item(s). The issue you're reporting appears to be a bug with version 2.3. This issue should be addressed in the next release.  To work around this use Shift+Tab or Alt+F7 to bring up a window to bring up open panes and views. Here you can select the layout you were working with. This should force the focus back on the Layout View. Hope this helps,  Tom ... View more

Hi Liedeke,  Currently there is no way to re-source a table frame. There is an enhancement issue for this - ENH-000113209. We are aware that this limits the functionality of table frames and are working towards a solution. Hopefully, this is something we can address in the next year. Thanks for the feedback. Tom ... View more

Levi,  Thanks for the response. Fortunately, this issue only appear to be affecting your map series project. Unfortunately, we have been unable to reproduce this issue in house. There must be something specific that we (Dev team) are missing in either your workflow or with the particular project.  Are you able contact Esri Support? They are better equipped to handle troubleshooting steps and gather bug data. They can be contacted at https://support.esri.com/en/contact-tech-support. Sorry I could not be of more help. Tom ... View more

Glad to help! Tom ... View more

Hi Levi,  So far, we have been unable to reproduce this serious issue. When you report that every data link is broken am I right to assume that in Map View the layers all have broken links?  Are you experiencing this data connection problem with only data involved in a map series?  Do you see this problem with projects/maps/layers that are not part of a map series? I suspect that the issue is not specific to map series and would like to rule it out if we can. Thanks for your help,  Tom ... View more

Hi Marissa,  Custom grid support in ArcGIS Pro is something we hope to do in the next year or so. Here is a link to an Idea that covers this very topic - https://community.esri.com/ideas/13763. I encourage you to "vote up" this idea. This helps us gauge the relative importance of an issue and prioritize projects. Thanks,  Tom ... View more

Michael,  Looks like you would import 1 table from excel into a map, insert a table frame into the layout and then format the pieces.  You would lose the formatting you had in excel.  We do plan on adding table frame template in the future to make this easier, but I don't know when we will get to it.  Tom ... View more

Chris,  You can import an Excel spreadsheet into ArcGIS Pro.  See Work with Microsoft Excel files in ArcGIS Pro—Excel | ArcGIS Desktop for more information.  Once you have the table in a map you can add the table to the layout by inserting a table frame. See Add and modify table frames—Layouts | ArcGIS Desktop.  In ArcMap you could add object such as an Excel spreadsheet to a layout an an OLE object. This workflow is not supported in ArcGIS Pro. See 20039: OLE objects are not supported and were dropped from the layout—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS Desktop.  Currently, there are no plans to support OLE (objects linked to MS applications) in ArcGIS Pro.  To support workflows that previously depended on OLE we are focusing on making improvements from within Pro. For example, we have added an improved table element and are working on improvements to formatting when using copy and paste into text elements from Microsoft Word.   Hope this helps, Tom ... View more

Vincent and Matt,  Another way to read text is to hover the mouse over the table cell.  You should get a tool tip displaying the entire text. Tom ... View more

Matt,  The Table View does offer the ability to zoom in.  You can adjust the zoom level using the controls at the bottom right of the view. This should help with readability. Hope this help,  Tom ... View more

Hi Levi,  You won't be able to append the page name to a dynamic text statistic element.  You will need to insert a separate dynamic element to get the map series page name. You can get the page name by inserting a dynamic text element from the Map Series group. You could also use the "Value" dynamic text element to achieve the same result. Since you are working with 2 elements on the layout you'll need to pay attention to the anchor points of the elements to make sure the text is lined up as you expect as you go through the map series pages.  Hope this help,  Tom ... View more

Hi Konstantinos,  Unfortunately, we do not yet have an easy way to resize all legend elements simultaneously while maintaining all the dynamic function of the legend. This is something that ArcGIS Pro users have identified on the ideas site - Scale Legend Contents Automatically with change in size. If you are not worried about having a dynamic legend that updates automatically, for example when you add or remove layers or change a layer's rendering, you can convert the legend to graphics (right click the legend item in the Contents Pane and click Convert to Graphics from the context menu) and resize the newly created graphics group. If you do need the legend to be dynamic please refer to the Legend Arrangement section of the help topic Work with a legend—Layouts | ArcGIS Desktop. Hope this helps, Tom ... View more