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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
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
Getting started with 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
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
About raster data
Properties of raster datasets
Exploring geodatabase raster catalogs
Tabular raster catalogs
Initial display properties of a raster
Setting the default band for a raster
Defining a raster's coordinate system
Calculating statistics for your raster dataset
Creating raster pyramids
Mosaicking rasters
Raster display performance tuning
Performance tuning for rasters in ArcSDE
Choosing which raster formats will appear in ArcCatalog
Supported raster formats
Technical specifications for raster formats
Pixel depth capacity
ArcMap
ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment
Geoprocessing tool reference
Building a geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
Geocoding
Linear referencing
Map projections
Writing geoprocessing scripts
Getting started with writing geoprocessing scripts
Accessing tools within a geoprocessing script
Batch processing with geoprocessing scripts
Messaging and script tools
Data properties and access when scripting
Scripting Object: Properties and methods
IGPDispatch object
Geoprocessor programming model
Properties and Methods
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
Getting started with ESRI Data and Maps
Canada
Europe
Mexico
World
StreetMap USA
About StreetMap USA
Image data
United States (census)
United States (hydrography)
United States Drainage Systems
United States Lakes
United States National Atlas Water Feature Areas
United States National Atlas Water Feature Lines
United States Rivers (generalized)
United States Rivers and Streams
United States Water Bodies
United States (landmarks)
United States (other)
United States (transportation)
Extensions
Getting more help
Help for developers