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[Crischan]

Hi all,

I am tasked with setting up standard legends in ArcMap. These are rather technical, not very visually pleasing. A number of them are zig-zag lines... Except for marker lines which don't work as I'd like them too I have no clue how to do zig-zag lines.
Has anyone here experience with zig-zag lines in ArcMap?

Cheers,
Crischan

[Robert2009]

Perhaps you could show us what it looks like by pressing Print Screen and attach to us so we know what you are trying to say here ?

Robert

Hi all,

I am tasked with setting up standard legends in ArcMap. These are rather technical, not very visually pleasing. A number of them are zig-zag lines... Except for marker lines which don't work as I'd like them too I have no clue how to do zig-zag lines.
Has anyone here experience with zig-zag lines in ArcMap?

Cheers,
Crischan

[Keith Map Service]

Depending on your version of ArcMap you can select a zig zag patterns for items in your legend.

[Crischan]

Here's a screenshot of the ArcView 3 project zig-zag-line. Zig zag lines are a dedicated style in ArcView 3, but not in ArcGIS 9.2...
They don't look nice in ArcView in many situations, but I am required to use them.

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[Robert2009]

That is better and it helps what you are trying to do. I am not ArcView user because I don't like them. I like ArcGIS better as I am used to it many years.

If you use it in ArcGIS, you can try to decrease the symbol size like less thin or thicker.

So i am not sure if that is what you are looking for...

Take care,
Robert

Here's a screenshot of the ArcView 3 project zig-zag-line. Zig zag lines are a dedicated style in ArcView 3, but not in ArcGIS 9.2...
They don't look nice in ArcView in many situations, but I am required to use them.

[Matthew Hampton]

You could create one or you could look in the Symbol Selector under the ESRI Forestry symbol (font) set. There is one there called "Line Break Completed."

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