ArcGIS 10.0, Service Pack 5, Not sure on the license cause I work for the state but I have ArcInfo. I got the annotation to form with the annotation feaures in ArcCatalog. So that is set. But now when I'm in my mxd and do the convert to labels, when I go to check the feature linked box it won't check. It's not grayed out just won't check. Append will check but that's it.