Editing Data Tags

Once a data tag is in the drawing, you might want to replace the tag with a different one, or edit the tag settings or data. These changes affect only the selected tag and its linked object, if applicable. To change all data tags of a certain style, see Editing Plug-in Object Styles.

Replacing a Data Tag

To replace a data tag:

With the tag selected, select Replace from the Style list on the Object Info palette.
From the Resource Selector, locate the desired resource, and double-click to activate it.
Click OK to replace the tag. If the tag is linked to an object for which the selected replacement is not suitable, an alert displays.

Editing a Data Tag’s Settings or Layout

To edit a data tag’s settings or layout:

With the tag selected, click Settings from the Object Info palette.

The Data Tag Settings dialog box opens.

The settings are very similar to those for Creating Data Tag Styles, except that parameters that are set by style are not editable. If you click Convert to Unstyled to remove the style from the tag, all parameters are editable. Edit the parameters as desired.
If the tag layout can be edited by instance, there are three ways to access the tag editing window:

● Click Edit Tag Layout on the Data Tag Settings dialog box.

● Click Edit Tag Layout on the Object Info palette.

● Right-click on the tag and select Edit Tag Layout from the context menu.

Editing Tag Data

Command	Path
Edit Tag Data	Context menu

Edit an existing tag to change the data displayed on it. For example, you might change the width of a window, or renumber the incrementally numbered tags on a set of parking spaces. When you change data that is being displayed from a linked object’s record (such as window width), both the tag and the object are updated. Alternatively, if you edit the linked object directly, the data tag automatically updates to reflect the change.

To edit tag data:

Right-click on the tag and select the command. Alternatively, select the object and click Edit Tag Data from the Object Info palette.

The Edit Tag Data dialog box opens.

Edit the fields in the data tag as needed. Note that any parameter or record data that is controlled by object style (as opposed to by instance) is not editable. In addition, a “calculated field” that contains multiple data fields from a record (for example, color and model number) is not editable.
To renumber auto-numbered tags, click Manage.

The Manage Sequence dialog box opens.

Click to show/hide the parameters.

Double-click Editing

By default, when you double-click on a data tag object, a dialog box displays, to select whether to edit the tag data or layout. To improve your workflow, skip the dialog box and always edit either the data or layout.

To set a double-click editing shortcut:

Right-click on a data tag in the drawing and select Edit from the context menu.

The Choose Component dialog box displays.

From the Double Click list, select whether a double-click will open the Edit Tag Data dialog box or the tag layout editing window.

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Concept: Plug-in Object Styles

Editing Plug-in Object Styles

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Parameter	Description
Ctr / Current Value / Result	Each object that uses the same tag displays in a list, which shows the object’s current counter (Ctr) and Current Value. The Result column previews the list as it will be renumbered. Duplicate and missing numbers in the sequence are highlighted in red on the list.
Move Up/Down buttons	Select one or more items and click the buttons to move the items up or down the list. You can also drag selected items to a new position on the list.
Close Gaps	Select one or more missing items and click the button to remove the missing items from the list
Sequence Settings	Opens the Sequence Settings dialog box to set the Start Value, Increment, and Next Value to use for auto-numbering. To renumber all of the objects according to a certain pattern, click Renumber all, and select the pattern to use in the Renumber All dialog box.