When creating points manually (an for that matter, now that i think of it, importing points from a txt file) the point style seems to come in OK but the point label does not display even though the default style is set correctly. I have to select all the points and then manually set the point label style in the properties dialog box to get the lable to display. I've been putting up with this for a while and finally decided to do something about it by placing this post. Thanks for any help you can offer.