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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
ArcMap
Getting started with ArcMap

An overview of ArcMap

Layers, data frames, and the table of contents

Starting ArcMap

Opening a map

Using the table of contents

Looking at a map in data view and layout view

Moving around the map

Working with spatial bookmarks

Opening magnifier and overview windows

Exploring data on a map

Saving a map and exiting ArcMap

Saving to previous versions of ArcGIS

Keyboard shortcuts in ArcMap

Working with the map cache
Creating maps
Managing layers
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
Working with graphics
Laying out and printing maps
Working with styles and symbols
Working with tables

About tables

Opening a layer's attribute table

Adding a table to a layout

Loading existing tabular data onto a map

Displaying tabular data

Controlling a table's appearance

Locating and viewing specific records in a table

Sorting records in a table

Selecting records in a table

Exporting records

Summarizing data in a table

Adding and deleting fields in a table

Editing attributes

Making field calculations

Working with date fields

About joining attribute tables

Joining attribute tables
Looking at data with graphs
Creating reports
Querying maps
Analyzing geometric networks
Working with rasters in ArcMap
Working with ArcPad
Working with StreetMap data
GPS Support
Tablet PC
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

Using this Help system

Getting help within the applications

Contacting Technical Support

Support for users located outside the United States

Accessing ESRI Software Training

Using the GIS Dictionary
Help for developers

ArcGIS Developer Help