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An example is labeling a school with just the word School if the area is too small to fit the full name of the school. With alternate expressions, you can select a field with which to replace the longer label, or use Arcade to build an expression with multiple fields and text. Alternate expressionsĪlternate expressions allow the Maplex Label Engine to shorten long labels to fit in restricted spaces. These fitting strategies can be used in any combination but are always applied in this order. Truncation is the last option attempted and shortens the words in a label based on the specified characters to remove and to exclude from truncation. If the label is still unplaced, the label engine abbreviates any words found in the dictionary to place them in the available space. If it can't, it then replaces the label with the specified text, either from a field value or an Arcade expression. When you use an alternate expression, the label engine first attempts to place the full text of the label.
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Alternate expressions, abbreviation dictionaries, and the truncation of labels allow the Maplex Label Engine to shorten long labels to fit in small spaces.