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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
Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop 9.0
An overview of the new functionality in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0
Introducing the new geoprocessing framework
What's new in labeling
What's new in annotation
What's new in raster data
What's new in the geodatabase
What's new in geocoding
What's new in coordinate systems
What's new in application development and deployment
What's new in ArcGIS Desktop licensing
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 ArcGIS Desktop extensions in version 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
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
About maps, layers, and graphs
Opening a map from ArcCatalog
Adding data to maps
Creating a layer
Creating a group layer
Repairing the data sources in a layer
Joining attributes to the layer's data
Working with shapefiles
About shapefiles, dBASE tables, and file types
Creating new shapefiles and dBASE tables
Adding and deleting attributes
Creating and updating indexes
Defining a shapefile's coordinate system
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
ArcMap
ArcReader
An overview of ArcReader
Table of contents, data frames, and layers
Getting help in ArcReader
Starting ArcReader
Opening a map in ArcReader
Controlling the look and feel of ArcReader
Viewing a map in data view and layout view
Using the ArcReader table of contents
Working with data frames and layers
Moving around on the map
Moving around a 3D globe
Using spatial bookmarks
Opening the magnifier window
Exploring data and features on a map
ArcReader messages
Printing from ArcReader
Closing and exiting ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment
Geoprocessing tool reference
Building a geodatabase
Getting started with building a geodatabase
Creating new items in geodatabases
Importing data
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
Rasters and the geodatabase
Performance tuning
Creating raster datasets in a geodatabase
Creating raster catalogs in a geodatabase
Loading and importing rasters
Exporting raster formats
Mosaicking raster datasets
Attributes of type raster
Raster data and disconnected editing
More details about rasters in ArcGIS
Upgrading your 8.x raster catalog
Updating your geodatabase raster catalog footprints
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
Editing existing features
Editing topology
Editing attributes
Spatial adjustment
Editing geometric networks
Editing relationships and related objects
Editing annotation
Editing dimension features
About editing dimension features
Creating dimension features
Modifying a dimension feature's geometry and style
Geocoding
Linear referencing
Map projections
Writing geoprocessing scripts
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
Getting started migrating from ArcInfo Workstation
Creating your ArcInfo Workstation migration plan
Phase 1: Requirements prior to migration from ArcInfo Workstation
Phase 2: Designing the geodatabase when migrating from ArcInfo Workstation
Phase 3: Migrating ArcInfo Workstation data
Phase 4: Migrating ArcInfo Workstation processes
ESRI Data & Maps
Extensions
Getting more help
Help for developers