An overview of the Annotation toolset

The Annotation toolset contains tools that allow you to automate your annotation workflow.

Tools in the Annotation toolset

Tool	Description
Annotate Selected Features	Creates annotation for the selected features of a layer. The labeling properties defined in the annotation class properties of the specified related annotation feature classes are used.
Contour Annotation	Creates annotation for contour features.
Convert Labels To Annotation	Converts labels to annotation for a single layer or the entire map. Both standard annotation and feature-linked annotation can be created.
Convert Labels To Graphics	Converts labels to graphics for a single layer or an entire map.
Map Server Cache Tiling Scheme To Polygons	Creates a polygon feature class from an existing tiling scheme.
Tiled Labels To Annotation	Converts labels to annotation for layers in a map based on a polygon index layer.
Update Annotation Reference Scale	Updates the reference scale of an existing annotation or dimension feature class.

Related topics

• An overview of the Cartography toolbox