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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

What is ArcGIS Desktop?

ArcGIS geodatabase

ArcGIS geoprocessing

ArcGIS geovisualization

ArcGIS Desktop extensions

GIS data structure types

Data types supported in ArcGIS
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

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

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
Working with coverages
Working with rasters in ArcCatalog
ArcMap
ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment
Geoprocessing tool reference
Building a geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
Geocoding
Getting started with geocoding
Understanding geocoding
Preparing for geocoding
Building an address locator
Locating addresses
Additional geocoding techniques
Keeping an address locator current
Distributing your address locator
Adjusting your address locator file
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
3D Analyst
Getting started with 3D Analyst
Understanding 3D data
Surfaces and surface models
TIN surfaces
Raster surfaces
Display environments in 3D
3D layer properties
Displaying surfaces
Displaying features and graphics
Interactive tools on the 3D Analyst toolbar
Animation
3D graphics and text
3D symbology
ArcGlobe
ArcScan
ArcGIS Data Interoperability extension
Business Analyst
Geostatistical Analyst
Maplex
Getting started with Maplex
Using Maplex to set label positions
Label fitting strategies
Resolving label conflicts
Military Analyst
Military Overlay Editor
Network Analyst
Publisher
Spatial Analyst
Survey Analyst
Getting started with Survey Analyst
Organizing survey data
Visualizing survey data

About visualizing survey data

Creating survey layers

Representing projects in a survey layer

Working with symbols and labels

Using survey class fields for symbology

Symbolizing feature links

Visualizing error information
Using the Survey Explorer
Using computations
Editing feature geometry
Analyzing and editing survey data
Managing shared survey data

About managing shared survey data

Survey datasets and versions

Registering a survey dataset for edit sessions

Locking survey projects for edit sessions
Tracking Analyst
Getting more help
Help for developers