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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
Copyright information
Acknowledgements
GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS
Getting started
Map projections and coordinate systems
Mapping and visualization
An overview of mapping and visualization

An overview of ArcMap

Data frames

Map layers

Symbols and styles

Text on maps

Cartographic representations

Map layouts and map printing

Graphs, reports, and animations

Common tasks within ArcMap

Keyboard shortcuts for use within ArcMap

ArcMap application patterns
Using ArcMap

Layers, data frames, and the table of contents

Starting ArcMap

Creating a new map

Opening a map

Using the table of contents

About coordinate systems and map projections

Specifying a coordinate system

Referencing data in the map

Working with data frames

Pausing the map's drawing

Saving a map and exiting ArcMap

Saving to previous versions of ArcGIS

Keyboard shortcuts in ArcMap
Working with layers

Adding layers to a map

Adding a layer package to your map

Adding x,y coordinate data as a layer

Changing a layer's drawing order

Changing a layer's text description

Setting layer properties

Managing group layers

Saving a layer to disk

Copying layers

Displaying layers at certain scales

Displaying a subset of features in a layer

Repairing broken data links

Viewing a layer's metadata in ArcMap

Setting HTML pop-up properties for feature layers
Navigating and interacting with maps
Adding graphics and text to maps
Working with graphics
Working with text
Symbolizing data
Animation
Using cartographic representations
Page layout and map composition
Working with graphs and reports
Working with web maps in ArcGIS
Publishing optimized map services in ArcGIS

Publishing optimized map services

Drawing differences between ArcMap and optimized map services
Map Service Publication Toolbar error messages

00001: Data frame does not have layers

00002: Data frame does not have a spatial reference

00003: Layer's data source is inaccessible

00004: Layer's data source is not supported

00005: Layer type is not supported

00006: Layer's symbology is not supported

00007: Layer's definition query is invalid

00008: Maplex Label Engine is not supported

00011: Raster symbology uses statistics from the current display extent

00012: The combination of spatial reference and the units used in the layer's proportional symbology is not supported

00013: Layer uses a symbol that is not supported

00014: Annotation layer does not draw in table of contents order

00015: Annotation layer is being drawn with the densify annotation baseline option enabled

00016: The option to not rotate marker symbols with the data frame is not supported

00017: Data frame has at least one annotation group that is enabled and contains graphics

00018: Data frame uses a background symbol that is not a solid fill

00019: Layer contains a symbol type that does not match the referenced data source's geometry type

00020: Annotation layer uses a symbol that is not supported

00021: Feature selections are not supported

00022: Data frame uses unsupported 8.x style symbol level drawing

00023: Layer uses unsupported dynamic hillshade illumination

00024: Route hatch symbology is not supported

00025: Selection layers are not supported

00026: Data frames with a clip shape are not supported

00027: Layer uses a simple fill symbol that is a non-solid fill

00028: Annotation layer's feature class contains a symbol in the symbol collection that is not supported

00029: Layer uses dynamic orthorectification

00030: Layer masking is not supported
Map Service Publication Toolbar warning messages
Map Service Publishing Toolbar information messages

30001: Annotation layer's feature class does not have an index on the AnnotationClassID field

30002: Annotation layer's feature class does not have an index on the Status field

30003: Layer draws at all scale ranges

30004: Layer uses a gradient fill
Editing and data compilation
Tables and attribute information
Geoprocessing
Geoprocessing tool reference
Geodatabases and ArcSDE
Data management with ArcCatalog
Image and raster data management
Data support in ArcGIS
Extensions
Geocoding and address management
Linear referencing
Network analysis
Mobile GIS
Interoperability and standards support
Customizing and developing with ArcGIS
Guide to data that comes with ArcGIS
Licensing and desktop administration
GIS Servers and services