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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
Copyright information
GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1
What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0
Getting started
Desktop Administration
ArcCatalog
Getting started with ArcCatalog

An overview of ArcCatalog

Starting ArcCatalog

Browsing through the Catalog

What's in the Catalog?

Repositioning the Catalog tree

Stopping ArcCatalog
Building the Catalog

About folders and file types

Managing folder connections

Geodatabases and their contents

Creating and accessing geodatabases

Creating spatial database connections

Adding OLE DB connections

About GIS servers and services

Connecting to GIS servers

Working with database connections

Hiding folders and items

Changing a data format's properties

Working with file types
Managing the Catalog's contents
Exploring an item's geography
Exploring the values in a table
Working with metadata

About metadata

Exploring an item's metadata

Changing the default stylesheet

Printing metadata

Creating and updating metadata

Writing documentation

Importing and exporting metadata

Editing metadata

Using the FGDC metadata editor

Using the ISO metadata editor

Managing enclosures

Requirements for publishing metadata to an ArcIMS Metadata Service

Adding information required by the ArcIMS Metadata Service

Publishing metadata to an ArcIMS Metadata Service

Managing published metadata documents

Changing a published document's properties
Searching for items
Working with maps and layers
Working with shapefiles
Working with CAD data

About CAD data

Defining a coordinate system for CAD data

Supported AutoCAD entities and MicroStation elements
Working with coverages
Working with rasters in ArcCatalog
ArcMap
ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment
Geoprocessing tool reference

Geoprocessing Commands Quick Reference Guide

An overview of commonly used tools

Licensing for geoprocessing tools
3D Analyst toolbox
Analysis toolbox
Business Analyst toolbox
Cartography toolbox
Conversion toolbox
Coverage toolbox

An overview of the Coverage toolbox

What is a coverage?

About the coverage extent

What are TICs?

Coverage resolution

Understanding attributes in a coverage

How coverages are stored

Coverage data limitations

Summary of coverage feature classes
Analysis toolset
Conversion toolset
Data Management toolset
Data Management toolbox

An overview of the Data Management toolbox
Database toolset
Disconnected Editing toolset

An overview of the Disconnected Editing toolset

The disconnected editing process
Tools
Domains toolset
Feature Class toolset

An overview of the Feature Class toolset

Working with feature classes

Calculating default values

Integrating data

Annotation and feature class tools
Tools
Features toolset

An overview of the Features toolset

Converting geometry types

Feature geometries

Checking and repairing geometries
Tools
Fields toolset
General toolset

An overview of the General toolset

Select Data and ModelBuilder
Tools
Generalization toolset
Indexes toolset
Joins toolset
Layers and Table Views toolset
Projections and Transformations toolset
Raster toolset

An overview of the Raster Data Management toolset

Raster performance tuning

Creating new raster datasets and catalogs

Copying, clipping, and importing raster data

Combining multiple raster datasets

Resampling rasters
Tools
Relationship Classes toolset
Subtypes toolset
Table toolset
Topology toolset
Versions toolset
Workspace toolset
Geocoding toolbox

An overview of the Geocoding toolbox

Geocoding toolbox sample applications
Tools
Geostatistical Analyst toolbox
Linear Referencing toolbox

An overview of the Linear Referencing toolbox

Understanding Linear Referencing

Creating route data

Creating and editing event data

Linear Referencing sample applications
Tools
Military Analyst toolbox
Network Analyst toolbox
Spatial Analyst toolbox

An overview of the Spatial Analyst toolbox

Solving problems in Spatial Analyst

Understanding raster data

Performing analysis in Spatial Analyst

Spatial Analyst toolbox sample applications
Conditional toolset
Density toolset
Distance toolset

An overview of the Distance toolset
Extraction toolset
Generalization toolset

An overview of the Spatial Analyst Generalization toolset
Groundwater toolset

An overview of the Groundwater toolset
Hydrology toolset

An overview of the Hydrology toolset
Interpolation toolset

An overview of the Interpolation toolset
Local toolset
Map Algebra toolset
Math toolset

An overview of the Math toolset
Multivariate toolset

An overview of the Multivariate toolset
Neighborhood toolset
Overlay toolset (Spatial Analyst)
Raster creation toolset

An overview of the Raster Creation toolset
Reclass toolset
Surface toolset
Zonal toolset
Spatial Statistics toolbox
Samples toolbox
Environment Settings
Building a geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
Geocoding
Linear referencing
Map projections
Writing geoprocessing scripts
Customizing the user interface
Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9
Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop
ESRI Data & Maps
Extensions
Getting more help

Using this Help system

Getting help within the applications

Contacting Technical Support

Support for users located outside the United States

Accessing ESRI Software Training

Using the GIS Dictionary
Help for developers

ArcGIS Developer Help