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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

What is ArcGIS Desktop?

ArcGIS geodatabase

ArcGIS geoprocessing

ArcGIS geovisualization

ArcGIS Desktop extensions

GIS data structure types

Data types supported in ArcGIS
Desktop Administration
ArcCatalog
ArcMap
ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

An overview of geoprocessing
Getting started with geoprocessing

An overview of geoprocessing in ArcGIS

Introducing geoprocessing methods

Working with data

Results from running tools

Saving and loading geoprocessing settings

Keeping track of geoprocessing operations

Sharing your geoprocessing work
Working with toolboxes
Working with toolsets and tools

An overview of working with toolsets and tools

Managing toolsets

Working with tools

Creating models and adding scripts

Setting parameters

Changing tool properties

Changing the name, label, and description for your tool

Setting a modified stylesheet for a tool

Storing relative path names

Changing the source for a script

Removing parameters for a model and a script

Changing the order of parameters

An overview of adding documentation to tools

Adding documentation to tools

Exporting tool documentation to an HTML file

Tool Help: Referencing a compiled help file

Viewing documentation for tools

Finding tools

Understanding tool licensing

Rules for using geoprocessing tools in an edit session

Rules for working with schema locks
Specifying environment settings
Using the Command Line window

An overview of the Command Line window

Starting the Command Line window

Working with the command line

About variables

Creating variables

Managing variables
Introducing model building

An overview of model building

What is a model?

What is the ModelBuilder window?

About building models

A model building example

Creating a new model
Using the ModelBuilder window
Geoprocessing tool reference
Building a geodatabase
Getting started with building a geodatabase
Creating new items in geodatabases
Importing data

An overview of importing data

Importing feature classes

Importing tables

How data converts

Registering SDE layers and tables with the geodatabase

About loading data into existing feature classes and tables

Work flow strategies for loading data

Loading data in ArcMap

Loading data in ArcCatalog

About importing data from another geodatabase

Copying feature datasets, classes, and tables to another geodatabase

Exporting selected features and records to another geodatabase

Sending data to another user

About exporting geodatabase data to an export file

Exporting feature datasets, classes, and tables to an export file

Importing feature datasets, classes, and tables from an export file

Exporting features or records to an export file

Loading features or records from an export file

Updating DBMS statistics
Topology
Subtypes and attribute domains
Defining a relationship class
Geometric networks
Managing annotation
Dimensioning

About dimensioning

Dimensions and ArcCatalog

Dimensions in the geodatabase

Creating dimension feature classes

Creating and managing dimension styles
Working with a versioned geodatabase
Disconnected editing
Building geodatabases with CASE tools
Building a raster geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
Geocoding
Linear referencing
Map projections
Writing geoprocessing scripts
Customizing the user interface

About customizing the user interface

Basic user interface elements

Saving your customizations

Hiding and showing toolbars

Creating custom toolbars

Changing a toolbar's or menu's contents

Changing a command's appearance

Creating shortcut keys

Setting toolbar options

Creating, editing, and running macros

Creating custom commands with VBA and UIControls

Adding custom commands and toolbars from .dlls

Updating the ArcID module

Locking customization, documents, and templates

Changing VBA security

Sample VBA code

Customize commands available in ArcMap

Customize commands available in ArcCatalog
Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9
Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop
ESRI Data & Maps
Extensions
Getting more help
Help for developers