Adding text along a curved line
You can add curved text to your map annotation or graphic text by using the Splined Text tool on the Draw toolbar.
![Note Note](rsrc/note.png)
When in layout view, ArcMap will, by default, add new text to the layout.
Steps:
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Specify the active annotation target on the Draw toolbar.
By default, text added to the data frame is added to the <Default> annotation group.
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Click the Splined Text button
on the Draw toolbar.
- Click the map display where you want to add vertices along which the text should be splined (that is, curved).
- Double-click to end the line.
- Type the text string.
- Press ENTER.
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![Note Note](rsrc/note.png)
You can't add returns into curved text.
![Tip Tip](rsrc/tip.png)
Click the Edit Vertices button
on the Draw toolbar to edit the vertices of splined text.
![Edit Vertices Edit Vertices](00s8/GUID-962428D1-BFC9-4822-B495-6D01EDD1BB78-web.png)
![Tip Tip](rsrc/tip.png)
You can set the default symbol properties for new text by clicking Drawing on the Draw toolbar and clicking Default Symbol Properties.
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