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Does anyone know how to override the layer names output by ArcGIS, where the output layer is called Other, or . These usually refer to things like the map border, labels and the background.

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Don't think it's possible without using something after the fact to manipulate the PDF. You have to ask yourself is it really that big of a deal to go through all that trouble though? – blah238 Feb 8 '12 at 8:16
Technically I think you are talking about a Layered PDF from ArcGIS which is not georeferenced like the GeoPDF format from Terrago (mappingcenter.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=ask.answers&q=2237) but in any event I too would like to see MUCH more control over what gets written to Layered PDFs – PolyGeo Feb 8 '12 at 9:57
An example of an enhancement I am keen to see is "Layered PDF to have legend item in same PDF layer as map layer it is linked to" at ideas.arcgis.com/ideaView?id=08730000000brLwAAI – PolyGeo Feb 8 '12 at 10:58
According to the ESRI doocumentation exported PDFs do have georeferencing information, but since I don't have any software that will read a PDF it's a bit hard to check. – Ian Feb 9 '12 at 2:57

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