topic Re: Cannot paste annotation in ArcGIS Enterprise Portal Questions

Cannot paste annotation

JamesHarrington — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:44:57 GMT

I'm trying to copy and paste text annotation elements in ArcView, dataview. I have the correct annotation class selected and turned on. it is set to show at all scales. I select an element, copy it, and when I paste it, nothing happens. I've tired to do this with other annotation classes and paste doesn't work with any of them. Any ideas as to why this is hppening? It is a function I use quite frequently and never had this problem before...

Re: Cannot paste annotation

LucasDanzinger — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:13:41 GMT

Just to be certain, they aren't just pasting on top of each other, are they? That's what happens for me and then I need to manually move them in order to see that there is a new copy. It might worth a try adding it to a new MXD and test it there. MXDs can become corrupt from time to time.

Re: Cannot paste annotation

LaurenYee — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:30:15 GMT

Are you copy/pasting in an edit session?
Is your annotation saved in a geodatabase or within the map?

If it's saved within the map, I've encountered issues with multiple annotation classes, and not selecting the correct one in the draw toolbar.

Re: Cannot paste annotation

JamesHarrington — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:27:51 GMT

Thanks everyone -
to clarify, no,the elements are not stacked on top of one another. I've tried it in/out of edit sessions, in data view and in layout view with layout elements. I tried in a variety of map files. I simply cannot paste any elements! for some reason this feature is totally disabled within Arcveiw - I can paste the text from one element into an existing element, but no element (text box, marker, etc) of any kind.

Re: Cannot paste annotation

John_EdwardScott — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:29:29 GMT

one simple mistake that always catches me when editing anno, moreso thgan other types of data:
you cannot copy and paste any data elements within the Layout view, you have to toggle into the Data view, copy & paste, then back again

Re: Cannot paste annotation

EricHicks — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:24:31 GMT

I encountered the same problem with copy pasting annotations this morning. For me the problem was caused when I changed the projection of the Data Frame and then tried to copy paste annotation of a different projection than the Data Frame. To solve this I simply removed the annotation group and set up a new one for the correct projection and was able to copy paste again.

Re: Cannot paste annotation

MikeO_Shell1 — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:00:05 GMT

I found a fix. I too right click, copy, then right-click and the paste option is not there. But for some reason I can Ctrl P and Ctrl V and it works, and I# can even right-click, copy and Ctrl V and it works. I'm thinking this is a glitch.