Hi, > If each letter is an seperate point than you get the > results you have. If you want to turn the whole string than > you should have the whole string as a label for a single > point. I have the whole string as label in my dbf. For each point in the shp there is one string and one angle in the dbf. Thanks, Bjoern -- small office solutions info@sosnetz.de - http://www.sosnetz.de