Place image inside of Label

Question

In ArcView, Can I add an image to a label. Assume I have the photograph path as an attribute.

Answer 1

You can use a bitmap image inside the label symbol itself but i've had nothing but trouble with this approach when it come to exporting the map to a file or outputting it to plotter/printer. The "image labels" do not render well. Some do not appear at all some do others come out rendered only partially. There is no out-of-the-box solution I know of that will allow you to dynamically display images inside of a label symbol using a path stored in the attribute.

Answer 2

in the label symbol dialog you can set the text background to a symbol marker
select properties

then marker text background

select symbol.
Properties.
Then you have the option to select several types. One is picture marker symbol.
Which allow emf and bmp. (sorry no svg).

Another way is to use the ballon callout

Select symbol
there you get some choices again for the fill of the callout box.
select picture fill symbol

Again you get emf and bmp format choices.

Another choice would be to use a point feature class and put the layer in the mxd twice. Once for the symbol, and a second for the label. Use a picture marker symbol

as the symbol and use offset xy to move it away from the original point marker.
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