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The ability to change text attributes, such as colour, font, size, or style is an important requirement for many ArcView users. There are two ways to change text attributes within a view or layout document. The most common way of changing text attributes is to first select the text you wish to change and then simply use the Symbol Palette window to change its attributes by choosing the appropriate palette from the Symbol Palette window and selecting or specifying its parameters. For example, to change the text colour, choose the Colour Palette and select a new colour. To change the font, size, or style of the text choose the Font Palette. A less known approach is to first use the Symbol Palette window to set the text attributes and then place the text on the document. All subsequent text placed on the document will carry the attributes specified in the Symbol Palette. Setting text attributes is done the same way as you would to change the text attributes as described in the first method. Depending on your situation each method has its advantages. For instance, when you are labeling individual features or using Autolabel it is recommended that you use the second method. The reason is that when labeling, ArcView positions the label based on the size of the geographic feature and the size of the text.
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Since the second method requires that the size of the text be set prior to labeling, then the positioning of the text label will appear properly with respect to the feature. In the first method, however, the size is not known until after labeling is performed. The result may be that the label is too large and runs into the feature itself or is too small, and therefore too far away from the feature. To resolve this problem, the user would have to move the label accordingly. This could be a tedious task especially when dealing with a large number of labels. The first method becomes convenient when you want to change the attributes of already existing text instead of retyping or relabeling the text as indicated by the second method. Generally speaking, it is advisable to use the second method as much as possible because selecting many text graphics and then changing their attributes take a toll on ArcView's memory resources because it has to keep account of the selected text. The more text you select, the more you will experience a temporary slow-down during the attribute update process in ArcView.
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