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  Spell Checking Map & Layout Annotations
 

By default, map and layout annotations are proofed from the Run command on the MapSpeller toolbar or from its dropdown menu.

Map and layout annotations are also called annotation graphics or text graphics. They are text elements stored within ArcMap™ documents.

  • Map annotations reside within a data frame and are organized in annotation groups.
  • Layout annotations reside on the layout page itself, outside of its maps.

For map and layout annotations to be proofed by the Run command, two conditions must be met:

  1. The Map Annotation and Layout Annotation boxes must be checked in the MapSpeller Options dialog
     

     
  2. The MapSpeller toolbar must be set to proof the correct container: the layout page (and its maps), the focus map or the layout page without its maps.

MapSpeller 3.1 doesn't proof ArcMap dynamic text. Such text may exist on a map layout and changes dynamically based on the current properties of the map document, data frame, and Data Driven Page.

When spell checking layouts or maps, MapSpeller doesn't differentiate text objects based on their belonging to grouped graphics or not. If the type of object is set to be spell checked, all their occurrences will be spell checked regardless of their positions within or outside of grouped graphics. This is very convenient to end users as grouped graphics don't have to be broken down to their individual objects for them to be spell checked.
 
Additional Information
 
Map annotations are organized in annotation groups which can be controlled by the ArcMap Draw toolbar and from the Data Frame Properties dialog. MapSpeller proofs the visible annotations within all groups.
   
Map and layout annotations are typically added:
   
  • By using the ArcMap Draw toolbar
   
  • By converting labels into map annotation
   
  • By selecting Insert>Text or  Insert>Title from the ArcMap main menu
   
 
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