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Although MapSpeller for ArcGIS doesn't currently spell check labels
directly, they can be checked and corrected indirectly by turning
them first into annotation graphics, spell checking those, and bookmarking errors to flag where they are. Here
is the procedure to follow, with ArcMap open and the layer drawn: |
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- Right-click on the layer from which labels should be spell
checked
- From the context menu that appears, select Properties
- Click on the Labels tab of the Layer Property dialog box
- Click the Label Features in this Layer checkbox on
- Select the field to be used as source of labeling from the
Label Field combobox
- Click OK to discard the Layer Property dialog.
- Make sure the layer is drawn in the Data View. You should
see its labels as well.
- Right-click on the layer in the table of contents to get its
context menu.
- Select Convert Labels to Annotations
- Check the Store Annotation in the Map option box
- Select other options that you might be interested in
- Click the Convert button
- The layer's text on the map display are no longer labels but
annotation graphics
- Run the MapSpeller spell checker with the Layout's Focus Map
as target
- If there are errors they will appear in the Potential Typos
dialog box
- Right-click on each one of them to take note of the correct
spelling, and
- Select Bookmark from the context menu of each typo. This
creates a bookmark around the annotation graphic containing the
word in question.
- Using standard ArcMap editing procedures,
- Zoom to the bookmark of each typo
- Edit the attribute value of the corresponding feature
from the Attribute dialog of the Editor toolbar.
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