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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

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
ArcMap
ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment

An overview of geoprocessing
Getting started with geoprocessing

An overview of geoprocessing in ArcGIS

Introducing geoprocessing methods

Working with data

Results from running tools

Saving and loading geoprocessing settings

Keeping track of geoprocessing operations

Sharing your geoprocessing work
Working with toolboxes
Working with toolsets and tools
Specifying environment settings

An overview of environment settings

Specifying settings for the application

Specifying environment settings for a model

Specifying environment settings for a process

Specifying general settings

Specifying coverage settings

About coverage precision

Specifying geodatabase settings

Specifying raster geodatabase settings

Specifying raster analysis settings
Using the Command Line window
Introducing model building
Using the ModelBuilder window
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

About batch processing with geoprocessing scripts
Messaging and script tools

About geoprocessing script messages

Using AMLs with script tools
Data properties and access when scripting

Describing data in a geoprocessing script

Data access using cursors in a geoprocessing script

Working with geodatabases in a geoprocessing script
Scripting Object: Properties and methods

IGPDispatch object

Geoprocessor programming model
Properties and Methods
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