Converting from Standard to Feature-Linked annotation, ever truly converted?

[JohnNerge]

I have a pair of feature classes stored in a SDE gdb. One contains address points, and the other contains annotations for said addresses. My predecessor chose to set them up as standard annotations instead of feature-linked, but as the address points are continually edited, it would be helpful to have them feature-linked.

I found instructions on how to convert from standard to feature linked here:
http://blogs.esri.com/esri/esritrainingmatters/2011/10/21/arcgis-annotation-woes-and-woohoos/

The problem is that I only get true feature-linked functionality on new features I create. The address points and annotation already created continue to to behave as standard annotation. My research indicates that this is just how it is, but I thought I would reach out to the community to see if anyone has found a workaround or alternate solution that would give all the existing standard annotation feature-linked capabilities?

Thanks in advance,
John

[RobMower]

Did you have any luck with this?

I too am having similar problems. I have just created a new feature linked annotation feature class for an existing point feature class containing 2500 features. When I create a new feature I also get a new annotation feature, as expected, however I cannot see any way to successfully create the annotations for all of the existing point features. I can obviously convert the labels to annotations and append to the new annotation class, however it does not seem to respect the classes I have set up for the annotations; it creates new default ones.

The only other way I can think of doing it would be to copy the 2500 features across into a new feature class, thereby 'creating' the new features. Unless there is a GP tool I have missed?