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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
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

Administering the ArcGIS License Manager

Checking license availability

Viewing and changing the license manager

Common license manager problems and how to solve them

Setting the software product

Registering ArcView or ArcEditor and extensions

Evaluating an ArcGIS extension
ArcCatalog
ArcMap
Getting started with ArcMap
Creating maps

Basics of making maps

Creating a new map

Adding layers to a map

Adding coverages, shapefiles, and geodatabases to a map

Adding data from the Internet

Adding data from a GIS server

Adding TINs as surfaces

Adding CAD drawings

About coordinate systems and map projections

Specifying a coordinate system

About creating interactive maps

Referencing data in the map

Applying a coordinate transformation to a CAD layer

About displaying layers

About presenting attribute data

About map scale

Map layout

About the map tools

About World files

Adding x,y coordinate data to a map
Managing layers
Symbolizing your data
Working with text
Working with graphics

An overview of working with graphics

Drawing points, lines, and circles

Selecting graphics

Moving, rotating, and ordering graphics

Aligning, distributing, and grouping graphics

Joining graphics
Laying out and printing maps
Working with styles and symbols
Working with tables
Looking at data with graphs
Creating reports

About reports

Creating a simple report

Setting the report type and size

Working with fields

Organizing report data

Adding report elements

Controlling the presentation of a report

Saving and loading a report

Using Crystal Reports
Querying maps
Analyzing geometric networks
Working with rasters in ArcMap

About rasters

Choosing which raster formats will appear in the Add Data dialog

Adding a raster dataset to a map

Adding a raster catalog to a map

Displaying rasters

Improving raster display

Displaying the raster resolution

Removing the background area of a raster layer

Changing the default RGB band combination

About projecting raster datasets on-the-fly

About georeferencing

Georeferencing a raster dataset

World files

Symbolizing values of nodata in raster datasets

Making selections using the geodatabase raster catalog
Working with ArcPad
Working with StreetMap data
Getting started with StreetMap
Geocoding addresses with StreetMap USA data
Finding a route using StreetMap USA data
GPS Support
Tablet PC

An overview of Tablet PC

ArcGIS and Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

About the Tablet toolbar

Adding the Tablet toolbar

Pen tool

Highlighter tool

Eraser tool

Finish Ink Sketch command

Clear Ink Sketch command

Add Ink to Edit Sketch command

Recognize Ink Graphic command

Reactivate the Selected Ink Graphic command

Find Ink Graphic command

Tablet Options button
ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment
Geoprocessing tool reference
Building a geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
Geocoding
Linear referencing
Getting started with linear referencing

An overview of linear referencing

The need for linear referencing

About storing features as relative locations

Segmented data

Routes and measures

Route locations and route events

Linear referencing and topology

Adding the Route Editing toolbar

Accessing the Route Events Geoprocessing wizard

Accessing the Create Routes wizard

Accessing the Calibrate Routes wizard
Creating route data
Displaying and querying routes and events
Editing routes
Creating and editing event data
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
Help for developers