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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
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
Getting started with ArcMap
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

About styles

Finding the styles you need

Creating new symbols and map elements

Modifying symbols and map elements

Saving the current styles

Organizing style contents

Creating line symbols

Creating fill symbols

Creating marker symbols

Creating text symbols

Working with color

Working with color ramps
Working with 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
Getting started with StreetMap
Geocoding addresses with StreetMap USA data

Addresses that you can geocode with StreetMap USA data

Finding an address in the United States

Geocoding a table of addresses with StreetMap USA data

Rematching a geocoded feature class with StreetMap USA data
Finding a route using StreetMap USA 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
Help for developers