John,
Sorry for the delayed response; I do actually what you have done. I was thinking of auto label and alignment for corner notes, map references and deeds all in one.
Example
R1 = Book 49 of Surveys, Page 1 John Olson LS 3115 1978
R2 = Book 50 of Parcel Maps, Page 1 John Olson Ls 3115 1979
etc..
D1 = 2001-9113-4, GRANT DEED
D2 = 1996-9129-2, GRANT DEED