shrug-l: Exporting ArcMap document for use in Adobe

[Sykes, John]

Here's another groan for everyone. Even if you have ArcInfo (as I am lucky to
have), most of the best cartographic features only work with a Personal
Geodatabase. So if you have an Enterprise Geodatabase (whether or not you
have edit permissions - which I don't have) or maintain your best stuff as
shapefiles (which our GIS gurus want for data to be entered into the
Enterprise Geodatabase) the cartographic features so highly touted by ESRI
DON'T WORK!!!

Maplex does work but your right about moving labels around. It would be best
if the hook to the feature stayed fixed but your could "rubber band" the
text, etc. the way the balloon annotation works.

-- John 
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From: shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Tripp Corbin
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 12:00 PM
To: Kyle Schaper; shrug-l at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE: shrug-l: Exporting ArcMap document for use in Adobe



Kyle,
There is feature linked annotation which you can use in a Geodatabase. It is
linked to the attribute table much like labels and you can control them on a
individual basis. The main problem with feature linked anno is that while
ArcView can display and print feature linked anno, it will not edit it. You
must have ArcEditor or ArcInfo for that. 
 
 

Tripp Corbin, MCP, CFM, GISP

Associate Vice President, GIS/Mapping

ESRI Authorized Instructor

Keck & Wood, Inc.

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(678) 417-4013

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information including a schedule of upcoming classes. 


	-----Original Message-----
	From: shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Kyle Schaper
	Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:54 AM
	To: shrug-l at lists.dep.state.fl.us
	Subject: RE: shrug-l: Exporting ArcMap document for use in Adobe
	
	
	Nonie -
	
	I feel your pain.  How absolutely ridiculous is it that you cannot
move labels at all until you convert to annotation... Correct me if I am
wrong, but once converted, labels are no longer referencing an attribute
table, which from time to time gets updated, especially when the labels are
acre calcs for example.  This means you have to delete them all and start
over, hand placing them one by one again when in reality you may only need to
move a few or only a few were updated.  Your only solution from ESRI is to
purchase another extension- maplex, or drop thousands for ArcInfo.  What a
great way to appease the customer. 
	
	Aside from the rant, I am with Casey in that we export to PDF and
open that up in Illustrator.  This is a terrible workflow that forces most
work done to have to be re-done if map scale is changed or new layers are
added, which is why we only take that route sparingly.  Most of the time we
put up with the mediocre at best graphic abilities that Arc has.  (What a
pitiful lack of transparency handling --- c'mon!) 
	
	I have not heard of/tried of Avenza --- thanks for the tip!
	
	Kyle Schaper
	

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