You can create an empty annotation feature class and create the annotation for it later, or you can create an annotation feature class with annotation by converting a display of dynamic labels in ArcMap to a new annotation feature class.
When you create an empty annotation feature class in the Catalog tree, you specify the annotation classes for it.
Learn about annotation classes
When you create a new feature linked annotation feature class it will use the default label engine, default font name and default font size.
When you create a new standalone annotation feature class it will use the default font name and default font size.
You can change the default label engine to the Maplex Label Engine and set a different font name and size for labeling.
Learn more about setting ArcMap options
Learn about working with the Maplex Label Engine
Related topics
- Creating a standard annotation feature class in a feature dataset
- Creating a standard annotation feature class at the root level of a geodatabase
- Creating a feature-linked annotation feature class in a feature dataset
- Creating a feature-linked annotation feature class at the root level of a geodatabase