topic Annotation selection in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/annotation-selection/m-p/412854#M23622 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I need to select and delete large amounts of annotation OUTSIDE of specific polygons.&nbsp; Will need to do cities and townships.&nbsp; What I have done in the past is add my polygon shapefile and then add my FC annotation copy and little by little delete the annotation I DO NOT need for that specific city or township.&nbsp; However,&nbsp; my problem occurs after some deletions where I CANNOT delete anymore.&nbsp; I receive a message "Invalid argument.&nbsp; Unable to delete."&nbsp; and then I can't do anything more.&nbsp; I need a better understanding of this.&nbsp; We need to update our cadastral data every year for customer download from our FTP site.&nbsp; Any help would help me greatly.&nbsp; Thanks so much fellow ESRI users.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Bud</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:21:13 GMT BernardMcDermott 2011-01-19T18:21:13Z Annotation selection https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/annotation-selection/m-p/412854#M23622 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I need to select and delete large amounts of annotation OUTSIDE of specific polygons.&nbsp; Will need to do cities and townships.&nbsp; What I have done in the past is add my polygon shapefile and then add my FC annotation copy and little by little delete the annotation I DO NOT need for that specific city or township.&nbsp; However,&nbsp; my problem occurs after some deletions where I CANNOT delete anymore.&nbsp; I receive a message "Invalid argument.&nbsp; Unable to delete."&nbsp; and then I can't do anything more.&nbsp; I need a better understanding of this.&nbsp; We need to update our cadastral data every year for customer download from our FTP site.&nbsp; Any help would help me greatly.&nbsp; Thanks so much fellow ESRI users.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Bud</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:21:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/annotation-selection/m-p/412854#M23622 BernardMcDermott 2011-01-19T18:21:13Z