I'm trying to move some of my labels individually around some of these points so that they don't overlap with each other or crowd each other out. When I converted them, I chose to store the annotations in the map and used a reference scale of 1:100:000.
But for some reason I can't seem to move them after I ran the conversion. When I use the select elements tool, I can't select the labels. It just drags a box over the map like normal; I can't pick up the labels and move them. I've attached a picture to describe what I mean (I've got Gas_export selected, but Standalone ramps is the layer I converted to annotation).
I've got the data frame activated (there's only one), I'm not editing, and I checked to make sure I'm still using the same reference scale. I'm sure it's something totally obvious that I've missed, but I'm really stuck.
Best Answer
From your screenshot, it looks like you're trying to move labels while in Layout View. Try switching to data view and try again.