Latest Contributions by RickCheney

Thank you so much, I really appreciate your advice.  The link is very helpful.  I followed the steps, it's easier than it seems.  The contour labels look perfect now. ... View more

I just did did the steps as described and it worked perfectly. So easy!  Thank you so much for your help. ... View more

Thank you so much for your help. I won't be at my desk for another four hours but I can't wait to try these solutions. ... View more

I tried the halo but it stays the same color no matter what color the map beneath it is.  The halo works for contour lines on a white background but in the example below the mask would stand out against the various colors in the background. ... View more

Thank you for your advice.  I thought maybe there was a property or something that I was missing.  I will convert to graphics. ... View more

Thank You Robert, Wes and Ajitkumar for your help.  Everybody was correct and it turns out that I was just making little stupid mistakes with various things.  In the end, I opened a blank map, set the CRS to the same as my good map.   Used the drawing tool to add a "Marker", it doesn't matter what kind of marker, size shape or color, just add a marker.  Right-click on the "New Data Frame" bold text at the top of the Table of Contents, select Convert Features to Graphics, and then in the bottom box I selected Shape file.  Then I closed the blank map without saving.  I opened my good map, added the shape file.  Set the Legend parameters to show Items that are on checked on the table of contents (un-check that box) and un-check the box for Only Show Classes that are visible in the current map extent. Then I changed the symbol for the new shape file and picked a black diamond from the list of symbols. Then, I my map, I switched all the gold diamond text things to a standard black diamond marker. Thanks again to everybody, I learned something from each answer and each step got me a little closer. ... View more

I followed the step-by-step instructions in the link and I was able to get the symbol to show up in the legend but the symbol is 10 times larger than the other symbols and the number is missing.  I will keep working on this. Are you are able to recreate this on a blank map and resize the symbol so it appears the correct size in the legend? ... View more

Thanks, I am still trying to figure this out. It looks like I should be able to do this with Convert Graphics to Features but I can't get the "features" to save. I added a reply above with screen shots. I appreciate the help, I'm sure it's something simple that I'm over looking. ... View more

It looks like using "Convert Graphics to Features" is the easiest way to do this.  I get the following error message.  I created a generic Do I need to create a table in the database in order to use Convert Graphics to Features?  If I choose a Shapefile instead of a gdb, then I get the error message: An error occurred trying to save the object named . . " ... View more

Thanks, I have the ArcMap software on my desktop computer at home and I will be out of town until tomorrow but I plan to work on this when I get home. ... View more

Thank you everyone for your help.  I'm still going to work on this and try your suggestions and advice but I can't get to it for a few more days. ... View more

I added text, then made the background square, then rotated the square 45 degrees, set the background color orange/gold, set the border color black, then added a second text box on top of that with the number, then grouped the two text boxes. I tried inserting text then setting the background as a "marker" and selected a diamond shape from the symbols list but when I switch to layout view, the number separates from the gold diamond background. ... View more