Customizing MapTips for event editing (Maritime Charting)

When you edit events in Production Mapping, MapTips appear to show you the measure value as you move or modify a linear or point event. By default, one significant digit is shown in a MapTip, but you can choose to display up to five.

Example of a MapTip displayed when an event is modified
Steps:
  1. Start ArcMap.
  2. On the main menu, click Customize > Toolbars > Production Editing.
  3. On the Production Editing toolbar, click Production Editing > Editing Properties.

    The Production Properties dialog box appears.

    The Editing pane on the Production Properties dialog box
    TipTip:

    You can also open the Production Properties dialog box by clicking Customize > Production > Production Properties.

  4. In the Linear Referencing area, type or choose a value in the Number of significant digits in measure tip box.

    The default value is 1, but you can choose to display up to five significant digits.

  5. Click OK.
12/22/2014