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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
Building the Catalog
Managing the Catalog's contents
Exploring an item's geography
Exploring the values in a table
Working with metadata
Searching for items
Working with maps and layers
Working with shapefiles
Working with CAD data
Working with coverages
Working with rasters in ArcCatalog
ArcMap
Getting started with ArcMap
Creating maps
Managing layers

About managing layers

Changing a layer's text description

Copying layers

Removing layers from the map

Managing group layers

Displaying layers at certain scales

Changing the appearance of the table of contents

Working with data frames

Setting a data frame's coordinate system

Repairing broken data links

Changing a layer's drawing order

Accessing layer properties

Saving a layer to disk

Exporting data to a new coordinate system
Symbolizing your data

Drawing all features with a single symbol

Drawing features to show categories

Managing categories

Ways to map quantitative data

Setting a classification

About symbolizing data to represent quantity

Drawing features to show quantities

Drawing features to show multiple attributes

Importing the symbology of another layer

Using the Eye Dropper tool

Drawing TINs as surfaces

Drawing CAD layers

Drawing a layer transparently

Working with reference scales

Working with symbol levels

Working with variable-depth masking
Working with text

An overview of working with text

Adding new text to a map

Working with data frame contents in layout view

Organizing annotation into groups

About labeling

Displaying labels

Prioritizing and positioning labels

Specifying the text of labels

About building label expressions

Using text formatting tags

About annotation

Using feature-linked annotation

A comparison of annotation groups vs. geodatabase annotation

About coverage annotation pseudo items

Displaying geodatabase annotation

Displaying CAD and VPF annotation

About editing CAD and VPF annotation

Displaying coverage and SDE 3 annotation

About editing coverage and SDE 3 annotation

Displaying MapTips
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
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
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