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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
Building the Catalog
Managing the Catalog's contents
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
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

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
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
Canada
Europe

Europe Cities

Europe Countries

Europe Ferries

Europe Level 1 Provinces

Europe Level 2 Provinces

Europe Level 3 Provinces

Europe Major Roads

Europe Major Water

Europe NUTS 0 Demographics

Europe NUTS 1 Demographics

Europe NUTS 2 Demographics

Europe NUTS 3 Demographics

Europe Places

Europe Railroads

Europe Railroad Stations

Europe Roads

Europe Urbanized Areas

Europe Water

Germany ZIP Code Areas (one-digit)

Germany ZIP Code Areas (two-digit)

Germany ZIP Code Areas (five-digit)
Mexico

Mexico Cities

Mexico Contours

Mexico Municipalities

Mexico Railroads

Mexico Rivers and Streams

Mexico Roads

Mexico States

Mexico Urban Areas

Mexico Water Bodies
World
StreetMap USA

About StreetMap USA
Image data
United States (census)
United States (hydrography)
United States (landmarks)
United States (other)
United States (transportation)

United States Highways

United States Major Highways

United States Major Roads

United States National Atlas Airports

United States National Transportation Atlas Interstate Highways

United States National Transportation Atlas Railroads

United States TANA/GDT Airports

United States TANA/GDT Transportation Terminals
Extensions
Getting more help
Help for developers