The name of the active theme is displayed at the top of the Query Builder. The dialog box contains a list of attribute fields and a set of operators, and a list of attribute values. When a field is clicked, all the unique values for that field display in the Values list, as long as the Update Values option is checked. As the query is being built, it is displayed in the query text box in the lower left corner of the dialog box. Once a query is entered in the text box, it is applied by selecting New Set button.
New set creates a new set of selected features that match the query.
This procedure was followed twice to create two different queries. The first one was used to display the urban areas in the four counties. After displaying the filtered urban areas, they were saved as a separate shape file. The same thing was applied for the second query for surface water area . Now the ArcView project contains two new themes, each one for a specific land use.