December 3, 2004 - NetConference by Kathy Green -- About 1 1/2 hours

**ArcGIS Basics, Customizing the Service Center Template (.mxd)**

Time listed correspond to the **Minutes:Seconds** into the Presentation
as shown in **GREEN** in the Lower Right corner of the Windows Media
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Forward arrows once, you can view the presentation at a little faster
pace, yet still quite easy to follow.

0:00:12 **Introduction**

We will be covering the Basic ArcGIS Interface, Customizing the Template
Project File for your own office, and previewing the Toolkit Toolbar

0:01:00 **ArcGIS Basics**

> 0:01:30 NRCS Icon (teardrop up near the top) brings up the Toolkit
> Toolbar
>
> 0:03:00 **General Overview**
>
> GIS GUI -- Menus, Tools, Table of Contents, Data Frames, Data View,
> Single Layout.
>
> Old term "ArcView Project"(.avl) = new - ArcGIS "MapDocument"(.mxd)
>
> "Themes" "Layers"

0:05:10 **Adding Data Layers**

> Images go to bottom of Table of Contents automatically
>
> Viewer for adding data is through ArcCatalog, not Windows Explorer
>
> Can create "shortcuts": "connect to folder" in ArcCatalog window

0:08:00 **Layer Properties**

R-click on Layer Name in Table of Contents \> Choose Properties from
menu

> 0:09:00 Many Tabs -- General Tab to change theme name for display
>
> 0:10:15 Source Tab -- shows where data resides

0:11:00 **Data Frame Properties**

> R-click on Data Frame Name in Table of Contents \> Properties from
> menu
>
> General \> Name the Data Frame, change Display units if desired.

0:12:41 **Displaying layers in the View**

> On / Off, Display Order in the Table of Contents

0:15:10 **Basic Layer Toolbar Options**

Identity Tool Icon, Select Feature Icon, Clear Selected, Zoom buttons

> 0:18:25 Select Features -- No Active Data Layer, turn off those you
> don't want to be selected -- or set selectable layers
>
> 0:21:03 Measure Tool, Zoom Tools, Full Extent, Previous & Next Extent
>
> Zoom to Layer, Pan Tool

0:25:21 **Data Management:** Open Attribute Table, Remove a Layer

0:26:37 **Symbology**

0:30:01 Unique Symbols

0:35:07 Save Symbology and/or Save As Layer File

0:41:42 Import ArcView .AVL files

0:44:00 Transparency options

Display Tab -- set % transparency

DRG tif files (Not .sid files) -- change colors of the topo to clear

Drg mosaics: put at bottom, then make the ortho \~25% transparent

0:56:58 **Query Builder**

R-click on Layer Name \> Properties \> Definition Query \> Query Builder

1:00:04 **Labels**

> 1:01:00 Single Labels
>
> Text Label Tool on Drawing Toolbar
>
> 0:44:45 Turn other Layers off so it labels the desired layer

Or Set Label Priorities

Or Move Layer to the top of the Table of Contents

1:07:40 Label Editing

1:11:00 Annotation

Saving Annotation Layers

> Turning Annotation Groups on and off

1:15:24 **Saving Map Document**

Template Map Documents for Service Area

**1:20:00 Topics covering ArcGIS Basics is completed at this point**

**Miscellaneous items**

1:20:34 Edit the orthomosaic to eliminate the black overlap between two
county mosaics

1:23:18 Different ways to get to the Properties Windows

1:28:20 Edit the DRGmosaics to turn off the white overlap between tow
county mosaics

1:30:30 Toolkit Toolbar Quick Preview -- will be covered in later
NetConference

> Toolbar Icons: Zoom to Plan, Cyberfarmer (Select a Plan), Import
> Legacy Shapefiles, Total Features (acres, length, number of points),
> Map Products, Map Labels, Soil Map/Inventory, Buffer, Attribute, New
> Toolkit Theme, Toolkit Digitizer and Edit Mode on/off

1:39:30 No Soil Data Viewer, No DNG Garmin Tools, No Wetland Extension.

Keep using ArcView for these functions.

1:43:30 Next Conference Topics -- Sign Off