You can set the white Textbox to no fill... I think you either have to have a border or a fill when modifying the shape in MapPoint, however, I've heard you can turn them both off manipulating the object programmtically.

In any case, I know you can make the outline a very thin gray line which barely shows up.

Another option and one I would urge you to consider, is use Map-In-A-Box with MapInfo, the labeling options are phenomenal in MapInfo compared to MapPoint. You can use the MapInfo labels directly on top of the MapPoint map.

Eric

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