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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
An overview of ArcCatalog
Starting ArcCatalog
Browsing through the Catalog
What's in the Catalog?
Repositioning the Catalog tree
Stopping ArcCatalog
Building the Catalog
Managing the Catalog's contents
The Contents tab
Working in Details view
Changing the columns in Details view
Modifying the default settings for exploring contents
Exploring an item's properties
Organizing your data
Converting data to a different format
Exploring an item's geography
Exploring the values in a table
About tabular data sources
Previewing the values in a table
Changing how tables look
Calculating statistics
Sorting records in a table in ArcCatalog
Finding values in a table
Adding and deleting columns
Creating new data sources from 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
Working with CAD data
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
Customizing the user interface
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
What's new in ESRI Data and Maps
An overview of ESRI Data and Maps
Redistribution rights
Canada
Europe
Mexico
World
StreetMap USA
Image data
United States (census)
United States 108th Congressional Districts
United States 109th Congressional Districts
United States Census Block Centroid Populations
United States Census Block Groups
United States Census Feature Class Codes (table)
United States Cenus Tracts
United States Census Urbanized Areas
United States Cities
United States Core Based Statistical Areas
United States Counties
United States Counties (generalized)
United States County Boundaries
United States Country Population Estimates 1990 (table)
United States Country Population Estimates 2000 (table)
United States National Atlas Cities
United States National Atlas Urbanized Areas
United States Populated Place Areas
United States Populated Place Points
United States States
United States States (generalized)
United States State Boundaries
United States Telephone Area Code Boundaries
United States ZIP Code Areas (three-digit)
United States ZIP Code Areas (five-digit)
United States ZIP Code Points
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
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