DATA DRIVEN PAGES - Convert Dynamic to Static Text

[ArielleSimmons]

Okay....I don't get what I'm missing here.

I have a series of 23 E-size maps of different counties...and I want to use Dynamic Text in the Legend and Title box to appropriately label the county name and different legend elements.

Problem is when I export to Pdf the dynamic text disappears (in ArcGIS help I found out why...but no suitable solution).

Is there a way to convert dynamic text to static???

[JeffBarrette · Accepted solution]

If you are using Python all you simply need to do is reference the text element using arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements and then reset its .text property to overwrite the dynamic tags.

I'm curious about the problem of dynamic text disappearing during PDF export.  What issue and what help topic addresses it?

Jeff