On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 06:13:31PM +0200, Ariel Rocholl wrote:
> I find very frustrating the little options Eagle gives you to locate
> the text in the silkscreen layer. It comes from either ">Name" or
> ">Value" and it is defined by the package in the library element you
> are using, but the problem is in moderately dense PCB layouts it
> seldom gets the text located where you want. Initial thought would be
> to have the ability to move the text around, but you can't. It only
> let's you move the whole device, not the text alone.

Ariel,

You can move the name and value by first clicking on the 'smash' icon, or by
typing sm on the command line in Eagle.  Then, click on the crosshairs of any
component in your layout, and you will then see two more crosshairs pop up:
one for the name, and one for the value of that part that you clicked on.  
You can then move these around at will.

Take care,
-Chris

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