{"id":658502,"date":"2019-12-03T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T19:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=658502"},"modified":"2022-10-04T03:47:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T10:47:48","slug":"pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes","title":{"rendered":"Pro Map Text III: Knockouts and Map Notes"},"author":7411,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[23201,27971,23161,509412,27911],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-658502","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-cartographic-design","tag-editing","tag-maps","tag-mask","tag-tutorial","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Annotation tutorial for ArcGIS Pro covering masking and text map notes.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Type knockouts are an optional, advanced, and fancy step in map-making, but one that will really take your labels to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>This tutorial is the third post in a four-part series about map text in ArcGIS Pro. You can find all tutorials here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Part 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-i-labels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Labels<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Part 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-ii-annotation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annotation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Part 3: Knockouts and Map Notes<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Part 4: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iv-layout-text\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Layout Text<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>This tutorial was tested and updated on October 3, 2022 with\u00a0<span class=\"ph\">ArcGIS Pro 3.0<\/span>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>To follow along, open<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/sharing\/rest\/content\/items\/98b704aa39024f8a958b40c0a8cf00ce\/data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Darwin.ppkx<\/a> to the map named <strong>Annotated Map<\/strong>. If you want to know how we got to this point, check out the previous tutorials.<\/p>\n<p>What are knockouts? They are used to make text more legible when it is forced to cross over lines and other features.<\/p>\n<p>Without knockouts:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":658922,"id":658922,"title":"before","filename":"before-1.png","filesize":46917,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/before-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes\/before-3","alt":"Label without knockout masks","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"before-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":658502,"date":"2019-11-18 21:09:21","modified":"2019-11-18 21:09:32","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":269,"height":242,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/before-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/before-1.png","medium-width":269,"medium-height":242,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/before-1.png","medium_large-width":269,"medium_large-height":242,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/before-1.png","large-width":269,"large-height":242,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/before-1.png","1536x1536-width":269,"1536x1536-height":242,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/before-1.png","2048x2048-width":269,"2048x2048-height":242,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/before-1.png","card_image-width":269,"card_image-height":242,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/before-1.png","wide_image-width":269,"wide_image-height":242}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>With knockouts:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":658932,"id":658932,"title":"after","filename":"after-1.png","filesize":47000,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/after-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes\/after-3","alt":"Label with knockout mask","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"after-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":658502,"date":"2019-11-18 21:09:50","modified":"2019-11-18 21:10:00","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":269,"height":242,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/after-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/after-1.png","medium-width":269,"medium-height":242,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/after-1.png","medium_large-width":269,"medium_large-height":242,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/after-1.png","large-width":269,"large-height":242,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/after-1.png","1536x1536-width":269,"1536x1536-height":242,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/after-1.png","2048x2048-width":269,"2048x2048-height":242,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/after-1.png","card_image-width":269,"card_image-height":242,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/after-1.png","wide_image-width":269,"wide_image-height":242}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>The trick is to arrange all of your text so that no knockouts will be necessary. But of course that&#8217;s usually impossible. In the Darwin map, I did all right\u2014I only have three labels that I find problematic (Djukbinj N.P., Tabletop Range, and Garig Gunak Barlu N.P.). I&#8217;ll make knockouts for those three labels only.<\/p>\n<p>Select the labels that require masking: Djukbinj N.P., Tabletop Range, and Garig Gunak Barlu N.P. (or use your own)<\/p>\n<p>Open the <strong>Feature Outline Masks<\/strong> geoprocessing tool.<\/p>\n<p>For <strong>Input Layer,<\/strong> choose GroupAnno\\NationalParksAnno.<\/p>\n<p>For <strong>Margin<\/strong>, set the size of the knockout. You may need to experiment. I settled on 1 pt.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1725532,"id":1725532,"title":"masks-tool","filename":"masks-tool.png","filesize":9433,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masks-tool.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes\/masks-tool","alt":"Feature Outline Masks tool with parameters filled","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"masks-tool","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":658502,"date":"2022-10-04 10:37:56","modified":"2022-10-04 10:38:05","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":295,"height":426,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masks-tool-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masks-tool.png","medium-width":181,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masks-tool.png","medium_large-width":295,"medium_large-height":426,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masks-tool.png","large-width":295,"large-height":426,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masks-tool.png","1536x1536-width":295,"1536x1536-height":426,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masks-tool.png","2048x2048-width":295,"2048x2048-height":426,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masks-tool.png","card_image-width":295,"card_image-height":426,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masks-tool.png","wide_image-width":295,"wide_image-height":426}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>After running the tool, a new polygon layer is added to your map. It forms a buffer around two of your labels.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":658972,"id":658972,"title":"polygon","filename":"polygon.png","filesize":48314,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/polygon.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes\/polygon","alt":"Label with Polygon mask","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"polygon","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":658502,"date":"2019-11-18 21:15:44","modified":"2019-11-18 21:16:12","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":279,"height":259,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/polygon-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/polygon.png","medium-width":279,"medium-height":259,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/polygon.png","medium_large-width":279,"medium_large-height":259,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/polygon.png","large-width":279,"large-height":259,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/polygon.png","1536x1536-width":279,"1536x1536-height":259,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/polygon.png","2048x2048-width":279,"2048x2048-height":259,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/polygon.png","card_image-width":279,"card_image-height":259,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/polygon.png","wide_image-width":279,"wide_image-height":259}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Run the tool again using GroupAnno\\PlacesAnno to create a mask for the third label. Remember to change the name of the <strong>Output Feature Class<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>Contents<\/strong> pane, turn the feature outline mask layers off. You don&#8217;t want to see them. You just want to use them as an invisible feature that will mask the road layer underneath.<\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>Contents<\/strong> pane, select the <strong>Roads<\/strong> layer. On the ribbon, click the <b>Feature Layer <\/b>tab and open the <strong>Masking<\/strong> menu.<\/p>\n<p>Check the boxes for the feature outline mask layers.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1725542,"id":1725542,"title":"masking","filename":"masking.png","filesize":20078,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masking.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes\/masking-3","alt":"Mask sources list on the ribbon","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"masking-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":658502,"date":"2022-10-04 10:38:46","modified":"2022-10-04 10:38:53","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":486,"height":229,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masking-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masking.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":219,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masking.png","medium_large-width":486,"medium_large-height":229,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masking.png","large-width":486,"large-height":229,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masking.png","1536x1536-width":486,"1536x1536-height":229,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masking.png","2048x2048-width":486,"2048x2048-height":229,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masking.png","card_image-width":486,"card_image-height":229,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masking.png","wide_image-width":486,"wide_image-height":229}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>And now the magic has been applied. Roads will not draw anywhere where there is a mask.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":659022,"id":659022,"title":"garig","filename":"garig.png","filesize":69438,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/garig.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes\/garig","alt":"Label with masks \"knocking-out\" roads","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"garig","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":658502,"date":"2019-11-18 21:17:29","modified":"2019-11-18 21:17:56","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":502,"height":203,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/garig-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/garig.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":188,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/garig.png","medium_large-width":502,"medium_large-height":203,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/garig.png","large-width":502,"large-height":203,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/garig.png","1536x1536-width":502,"1536x1536-height":203,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/garig.png","2048x2048-width":502,"2048x2048-height":203,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/garig.png","card_image-width":502,"card_image-height":203,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/garig.png","wide_image-width":502,"wide_image-height":203}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":659032,"id":659032,"title":"tabletop","filename":"tabletop.png","filesize":38523,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tabletop.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes\/tabletop","alt":"Label with masks \"knocking-out\" roads","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"tabletop","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":658502,"date":"2019-11-18 21:18:06","modified":"2019-11-18 21:18:31","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":347,"height":134,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tabletop-213x134.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":134,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tabletop.png","medium-width":347,"medium-height":134,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tabletop.png","medium_large-width":347,"medium_large-height":134,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tabletop.png","large-width":347,"large-height":134,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tabletop.png","1536x1536-width":347,"1536x1536-height":134,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tabletop.png","2048x2048-width":347,"2048x2048-height":134,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tabletop.png","card_image-width":347,"card_image-height":134,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tabletop.png","wide_image-width":347,"wide_image-height":134}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>I used annotation masks in a slightly different way elsewhere on this map, this time to create a kind of stencil text. Read on to find out how.<\/p>\n<p>In Darwin.ppkx, open the map named <strong>Key Map<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This is the key map (also known as the inset map or locator map). It looks like this on the layout:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":670582,"id":670582,"title":"key-map2","filename":"key-map2.png","filesize":56448,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/key-map2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes\/key-map2","alt":"Locator map of Australia to the left of Darwin on the layout","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"key-map2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":658502,"date":"2019-12-03 17:45:25","modified":"2019-12-03 17:45:46","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":487,"height":310,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/key-map2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/key-map2.png","medium-width":410,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/key-map2.png","medium_large-width":487,"medium_large-height":310,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/key-map2.png","large-width":487,"large-height":310,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/key-map2.png","1536x1536-width":487,"1536x1536-height":310,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/key-map2.png","2048x2048-width":487,"2048x2048-height":310,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/key-map2.png","card_image-width":487,"card_image-height":310,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/key-map2.png","wide_image-width":487,"wide_image-height":310}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>I want to label this continent as Australia. But it seems silly to make labels and convert them to annotation when there&#8217;s only one label, doesn&#8217;t it? Instead, I&#8217;ll skip the label step and move directly to annotation.<\/p>\n<p>On the ribbon, click the <strong>Insert <\/strong>tab.<\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>Layer Templates<\/strong> group, there are a bunch of <strong>Map Notes <\/strong>that you can insert into your map. Expand this gallery and click the last option: <strong>Text Map Notes 1:250,000<\/strong>. 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Generally speaking, you want to keep annotation curves as simple and gentle as you can.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":670462,"id":670462,"title":"bezier","filename":"bezier.png","filesize":3068,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bezier.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes\/bezier","alt":"Bezier curve drawn over the center of Australia","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"bezier","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":658502,"date":"2019-12-03 17:05:54","modified":"2019-12-03 17:07:00","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":327,"height":310,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bezier-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bezier.png","medium-width":275,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bezier.png","medium_large-width":327,"medium_large-height":310,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bezier.png","large-width":327,"large-height":310,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bezier.png","1536x1536-width":327,"1536x1536-height":310,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bezier.png","2048x2048-width":327,"2048x2048-height":310,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bezier.png","card_image-width":327,"card_image-height":310,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/bezier.png","wide_image-width":327,"wide_image-height":310}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Double-click to finish.<\/p>\n<p>The curve disappears. You can&#8217;t see any AUSTRALIA text. That&#8217;s because the scale of the annotation is too small compared with the scale of the map. The text is still there\u2014and highlighted\u2014it&#8217;s just tiny.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":670472,"id":670472,"title":"small","filename":"small.png","filesize":2674,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/small.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes\/small","alt":"Tiny highlighted text in western Australia","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"small","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":658502,"date":"2019-12-03 17:07:25","modified":"2019-12-03 17:08:01","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":313,"height":312,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/small-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/small.png","medium-width":262,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/small.png","medium_large-width":313,"medium_large-height":312,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/small.png","large-width":313,"large-height":312,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/small.png","1536x1536-width":313,"1536x1536-height":312,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/small.png","2048x2048-width":313,"2048x2048-height":312,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/small.png","card_image-width":313,"card_image-height":312,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/small.png","wide_image-width":313,"wide_image-height":312}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Select the annotation feature and open the <strong>Attributes <\/strong>pane. Change the font to <strong>Century Gothic Bold<\/strong>. For size, type <em>5000<\/em>.\u00a0I also chose center alignment.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Instead of choosing such a large font size, you can instead\u00a0run the <strong>Update Annotation Reference Scale<\/strong> tool at 1:85,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<strong>Apply<\/strong>, then click the <strong>Symbol <\/strong>button to access more properties. I changed the <strong>Letter spacing<\/strong> to <em>50%<\/em>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":670482,"id":670482,"title":"letter-spacing","filename":"letter-spacing.png","filesize":4463,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/letter-spacing.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes\/letter-spacing","alt":"Letter spacing set to 50%","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"letter-spacing","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":658502,"date":"2019-12-03 17:11:37","modified":"2019-12-03 17:11:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":299,"height":282,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/letter-spacing-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/letter-spacing.png","medium-width":277,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/letter-spacing.png","medium_large-width":299,"medium_large-height":282,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/letter-spacing.png","large-width":299,"large-height":282,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/letter-spacing.png","1536x1536-width":299,"1536x1536-height":282,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/letter-spacing.png","2048x2048-width":299,"2048x2048-height":282,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/letter-spacing.png","card_image-width":299,"card_image-height":282,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/letter-spacing.png","wide_image-width":299,"wide_image-height":282}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Use the <strong>Edit Vertices<\/strong> tool to get the curve of the text just right. Don&#8217;t worry about the color of the text, because you&#8217;re not going to show it. Instead, you&#8217;re going to use these letters like a cookie cutter.<\/p>\n<p>Save your edits and open the <strong>Feature Outline Masks <\/strong>tool. For <strong>Input Layer<\/strong>, choose <strong>Text Notes &#8211; 250000<\/strong>, and keep the <strong>Margin <\/strong>at <strong>0 Points<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1725572,"id":1725572,"title":"mask-tool-2","filename":"mask-tool-2.png","filesize":8204,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mask-tool-2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes\/mask-tool-2","alt":"Feature Outline Masks tool","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"mask-tool-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":658502,"date":"2022-10-04 10:42:23","modified":"2022-10-04 10:42:29","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":295,"height":394,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mask-tool-2-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mask-tool-2.png","medium-width":195,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mask-tool-2.png","medium_large-width":295,"medium_large-height":394,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mask-tool-2.png","large-width":295,"large-height":394,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mask-tool-2.png","1536x1536-width":295,"1536x1536-height":394,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mask-tool-2.png","2048x2048-width":295,"2048x2048-height":394,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mask-tool-2.png","card_image-width":295,"card_image-height":394,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mask-tool-2.png","wide_image-width":295,"wide_image-height":394}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>After running the tool, you&#8217;ll have a new polygon layer on your map that looks exactly like your annotation layer. Turn them both off.<\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>Contents<\/strong> pane, select the <strong>Australia<\/strong> layer. On the ribbon, click the <b>Feature Layer <\/b>tab.<\/p>\n<p>In the <strong>Masking<\/strong> menu, check the box for <strong>TextNotes250000_FeatureOutlin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1725582,"id":1725582,"title":"masking2","filename":"masking2.png","filesize":6129,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/12\/masking2.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes\/masking2","alt":"TextNotes layer checked in the masking menu","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"masking2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":658502,"date":"2022-10-04 10:43:44","modified":"2022-10-04 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now the white land layer has holes cut out of it just like a stencil that spells AUSTRALIA.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":670522,"id":670522,"title":"stencil","filename":"stencil.png","filesize":3243,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2022\/11\/stencil.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/pro-map-text-iii-knockouts-and-map-notes\/stencil","alt":"Map of Australia with stencil label","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"stencil","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":658502,"date":"2019-12-03 17:14:40","modified":"2019-12-03 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