Labels not visible

[LesleySneddon]

I have not had difficulties labeling before, but now I can't get my label (or the symbol) to show up on the map. I right-clicked on the feature class and checked label. Nothing happens. I selected the row and tried to flash the symbol but that didn't work - It doesn't seem to have mapped at all, even though the field I want to label has the correct content. Any ideas? Many thanks in advance.

[BarryNorthey]

Make sure that the layer of interest is displayed in the Map view by first right clicking on it in the Contents pane --> click . If it doesn't appear, there are likely other issues.

[LesleySneddon]

Hello - there most likely some other issue because I deleted the file (not
much in it so far) and it worked. I aopreciate your response!
Lesley

[Dan_DMR]

My first thought is that the data might not have a coordinate system yet? Try projecting it?

Are you having trouble with labels or symbology? not clear from your post

[LesleySneddon]

Thanks so much for your quick response. I do have the file projected. what I meant was that the point I tried to add to the map does not show up at all, neither its symbol or the label. But the row is in the attribute table. When I click to select it, nothing shows up. There's almost nothing in the file at this point, so I might just scratch it and try again. If you have any ideas, let me know. Thanks much.

Lesley