topic Re: Editing Annotation - Global Edit to all annotaion in Data Management Questions

Editing Annotation - Global Edit to all annotaion

BernardSelinger — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:41:56 GMT

I created a blank Annotation Feature Class and placed text on the map by editing the Annotation Feature Class. To change the attributes of the annotation I select all and then in the attribute window select all again and change the color and font size. that works fine. But now when i want to add more annotation to that feature class it displays with the original color and font size. Do i have to create another annotation class within the annotation feature class?

I'm a longtime Mapinfo user trying to convert to Arcmap...

Thanks

Re: Editing Annotation - Global Edit to all annotaion

AlexeyTereshenkov — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:36:54 GMT

If I remember right, you should specify the annotation classes either when creating an annotation feature class but you can add new ones afterwards. So, one is supposed to plan a bit ahead and plan what fonts/size will be used.

Re: Editing Annotation - Global Edit to all annotaion

BernardSelinger — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:18:29 GMT

Thanks for your reply. After changing the attributes to the annotation, I noticed in Catalogue>Feature Class Properties>Annotation, I can add new symbol then in the Table of Contents>Organize Feature Templates create a new Feature Template for the new symbol. This way I can continue to add annotation to with the correct symbol style. This does seem very cumbersome though.