Determining the style and position of the title for the scale bar

  1. From the Maps tree, right-click a scale bar and click Properties.
  2. In the Scale bar Properties window, click the General tab and enable the Show title check box.
  3. Type a title for the scale bar in the Show title box. By default, the title is the current scale in the Area.
  4. Click the Style button and create a font style of the scale bar title (see Selecting a style).
  5. Enable one of the following options for the title placement:
    • Above: displays the title on top of the scale bar
    • Below: displays the title under the scale bar
  6. Enable a title Alignment option.
  7. Enter a value that represents the space between the title and the scale bar in the Distance from scale bar box, and choose a unit of measurement from the list box.
  8. Click OK.

See also

Setting the updating behavior

Selecting an existing quick style

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