You can view the properties feature class representations in ArcCatalog.

To do so, right-click the feature class in the Catalog tree and click Properties. Click the Representations tab on the Feature Class Properties dialog box. Click a representation, from the list of representations, and click Properties.

The General tab shows the name of the feature class representation and the two field names, as well as the geometry editing behavior setting. This setting and the name of the feature class representation can be changed from this pane. You can use the Help button at the top of this dialog box to get more information about representation properties.

The Representation tab lists the representation rules that are part of the feature class representation. In this example this feature class representation has only one representation rule.

You will notice that the symbol size is now 2.72 points instead of 4 points as before the conversion. Before conversion, the symbol was a character marker symbol. These symbols are stored as glyphs in a font. The envelope of the glyph is 4 points in size, whereas the symbol inside the envelope is actually 2.72 points. The symbol has converted correctly into a representation, even if the numbers seem unexpected. When you are in ArcMap, you can switch back and forth from the Representation renderer to the Features renderer to see that the new and old symbols are the same size.

To change the name of a representation rule, click the name of the rule, and once the text is selected, type a new name, then click OK to close the Feature Class Representation Properties dialog box.

When you create a new representation for a feature class, two new columns will be added: RuleID and Override. The RuleID field stores the numeric values associated with representation rules, in this case, representation rule 1. The Override field will store any feature-level exceptions you make to the representation rules during editing.