Use this tool, located on Tools Menu > Show Map Editing Tools > Advanced Tools > Cleanup and Conversion Tools, to generate label entities inside each area entity on a layer.

To label areas

1) Select this menu item from the  menu.

2) Select a layer to label

3) Specify the height to be used for the labels.

4) Do you want to place multiple labels in large areas?

No: Place only one label in each area

Yes: On the next screen specify the minimum spacing between labels.

5) A popup message displays how many labels were placed for how many areas.

Notes:

•No label is placed if the area is too narrow to fit the height of the text.