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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
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GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1
An overview of the new functionality in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1
Compatibility and migration to ArcGIS 9.1
What's new in geoprocessing for version 9.1
What's new in ArcMap for version 9.1
What's new in linear referencing for version 9.1
What's new in geodatabases for version 9.1
What's new in raster data for version 9.1
What's new in WMS services for version 9.1
Introducing the new ArcGIS Network Analyst extension
What's new in ArcGIS Schematics extension for version 9.1
What's new in ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension for version 9.1
What's new in ArcGIS Publisher extension and ArcReader for version 9.1
What's new in ArcGIS StreetMap for version 9.1
What's new in ArcPress for ArcGIS for version 9.1
What's new in ArcScan for ArcGIS extension for version 9.1
What's new in Maplex for ArcGIS extension for version 9.1
What's new in ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension for version 9.1
What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0
Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop 9.0
What's new in ArcMap: other changes in version 9.0
Quick ArcMap tips and tricks
What's new in ArcMap: Geoprocessing
What's new in ArcMap: Printing maps
What's new in ArcMap: Table of contents
What's new in ArcMap: Map documents
What's new in ArcMap: Data frames
What's new in ArcMap: Layers
What's new in ArcMap: Group layers
What's new in ArcMap: Selection
What's new in ArcMap: Tables
What's new in ArcMap: Identify tool
What's new in ArcMap: Symbology
What's new in ArcMap: Elements
What's new in ArcMap: Editing
What's new in ArcMap: Internet data
What's new in ArcMap: Linear referencing
What's new in ArcMap: GPS support
What's new in ArcMap: Miscellaneous
What's new in ArcCatalog: other changes in version 9.0
What's new in ArcCatalog: General
What's new in ArcCatalog: Data conversion tools
What's new in ArcCatalog: Internet data
What's new in ArcCatalog: Metadata
What's new in ArcGIS Desktop extensions in version 9.0
Getting started
Desktop Administration
ArcCatalog
ArcMap
ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment
An overview of geoprocessing
Getting started with geoprocessing
Working with toolboxes
Working with toolsets and tools
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
Using the ModelBuilder window
Geoprocessing tool reference
Building a geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
Getting started with editing in ArcMap
Creating new features
Using a digitizer
About digitizing
An overview of preparing to digitize
Registering the paper map
Digitizing features on a paper map
Creating features from other features
Copying parallel line features
Creating buffers
Mirroring features
Creating and exploding multipart features
Combining features from different layers
Intersecting features
Editing existing features
Splitting lines and polygons
Trimming lines
Extending lines
Flipping lines
Dividing lines with points
Reshaping lines and polygons using a sketch
Adding and deleting vertices
Moving vertices
Changing the properties of a sketch
Scaling features
Clipping features
Stretching a feature's geometry proportionately
Smoothing and generalizing features
Editing topology
Editing attributes
Spatial adjustment
Editing geometric networks
Editing relationships and related objects
Editing annotation
Editing dimension features
Geocoding
Getting started with geocoding
Understanding geocoding
Preparing for geocoding
Building an address locator
Locating addresses
Additional geocoding techniques
Keeping an address locator current
Distributing your address locator
Adjusting your address locator file
Linear referencing
Map projections
Writing geoprocessing scripts
Getting started with writing geoprocessing scripts
Accessing tools within a geoprocessing script
Running tools in a geoprocessing script
Using environment settings
Access to licensing and extensions in a geoprocessing script
Batch processing with geoprocessing scripts
Messaging and script tools
Data properties and access when scripting
Describing data in a geoprocessing script
Data access using cursors in a geoprocessing script
Working with geodatabases in a geoprocessing script
Scripting Object: Properties and methods
Customizing the user interface
Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9
Comparing ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9
ArcView terminology
ArcView GIS extensions at 9
Importing an ArcView GIS 3 project into ArcMap
Importing an ArcView GIS 3 legend into ArcMap
Working with tables in ArcView 9
New features and functionality beyond ArcView GIS 3
ArcView 9 and the geodatabase
ArcView 9 import tools
Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop
ESRI Data & Maps
Extensions
Getting more help
Help for developers