GOAT Glossary Glossary of Terms Term Description Button to show if GOAT is thinking or not. Active Theme Theme upon which activities such as queries and identify commands will be performed. An active theme is indicated by a raised box surrounding the legend. Buttons A set of buttons is associated with each type of document. The upper row of the icons are buttons, the others are tools.
Buttons allow the user to execute a program script that is associated with the button's click event.
In most cases, the buttons are simply provided to allow quick access to commonly used menu choices. The box next to the theme in ArcView that, when checked, indicates the theme is visible, and if not checked, that the theme will be hidden. The user may have more than one document within the parent ArcView window. This is similar to other PC applications such Word, which allow the user to open two different letters at the same time. ArcView supports several different types of documents, including Views, Tables, and Layouts.