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ArcView 3.x

Views

  1. How do I increase the co-ordinate precision of the pointer in my view?
  2. How can I Hot Link a Dbase file to a feature in a View?
  3. When Hot Linking an Image the quality in the Image Window is poor.
  4. How do I increase the number of Decimal Places Used and Displayed in the Table of Contents?
  5. Why can't I display TIFF/LZW compressed image data in ArcView?
  6. How do I dissolve, merge, clip, intersect and union themes in ArcView?
  7. How can I add points to an existing Theme using X and Y Coordinates?
  8. How can I convert my CAD annotation layer to a shapefile and retain the orientation of my text?
  9. How can I convert my 3D point, line, or polygon theme into a 2D theme?
  10. Why does my view become filled with the same color when zooming in on data?
  11. Why can I see files other than my images when I go to add an image theme to ArcView?

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Layouts

  1. Why does my layout not plot transparently even though it appears transparent on screen?
  2. How do I get my scalebar to read METRE instead of METER?
  3. How can I rotate a View in a Layout?
  4. How can I print files prt files that I created in ArcView?
  5. How do I add both graticules and grids to a layout?
  6. How do I create a layout from a view?
  7. Why can't I see all of the fields in my table when I add it to my layout?

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Tables

  1. Is there a way to get the X,Y coordinates of a point theme into the attribute table?
  2. What is the proper format for field names in .DBF files?
  3. Why are the join and link features greyed out when I want to join/link tables?
  4. How do I get attributes from Point Attribute Table into a Polygon Attribute Table?
  5. Why don't my foreign language characters come in correctly in my table?
  6. How can I use wildcards in the Query Builder to query ArcSDE layers?

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Projects

  1. How can I reduce the size of ArcView project files?
  2. Why do I have problems opening a project containing an external database table?
  3. How does one build a project and data onto a CD for distribution to other ArcView users?

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General

  1. Tutorial - Projector! Extension. How do I project my data?
  2. How to make donut polygons in a polygon theme.
  3. How can I Hot Link a Dbase file to a feature in a View?
  4. When Hot Linking an Image the quality in the Image Window is poor.
  5. How can I calculate area and perimeter values for my polygon shapefile?
  6. Import71 utility does not complete.
  7. How do I convert multi-part polygons to single-part polygons?
  8. How can I accomplish the same functionality as ARC/INFO DISSOLVE?
  9. What is the proper installation sequence for an Administrative Network Install of ArcView and a patch?
  10. Why do I get different answers when I use my Measure tool?
  11. How do I resize ArcInfo annotation in ArcView?
  12. Tips for New ArcView users.
  13. How can I geo-reference my ECW files in Arcview?
  14. Can Arcview 3.x and ArcView 8.1 be installed on the same PC?
  15. How do I get the "Welcome to Arcview GIS" window to come back?
  16. How do I install ArcView 3.x on a Network?
  17. Why won't my selection highlight in my view?
  18. Why doesn't my GPS data line up with my other datasets?
  19. When copying a shapefile, why do I need to copy 3 or more files?
  20. How do I select more than one file at a time?
  21. How do I change the Home and Working directories?
  22. How do I select a raster dataset using a vector dataset and find the area?
  23. How do I change/simplify the legend in my layout?
  24. How do I create a new theme in ArcView?
  25. I cannot edit my shapefile\theme table in ArcView! What is wrong?
  26. How do I load a sample extension that comes with ArcView?
  27. How do I join two fields that are defined differently?
  28. Why can't I start editing my table? The start editing menu item in greyed out.
  29. Where do I find more ArcView palettes?
  30. Why is ArcView 3.x not functioning properly when using Windows XP?
  31. How do I make a larger theme fit with a smaller theme?
  32. Can the MR SID Generation 3 (MG3) image format be used ArcView GIS 3.X?
  33. How to prepare a GIS activity and the data for a class to use.

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Graphics and Symbols

  1. How can ArcInfo linesets, markersets and shadesets be imported into ArcView?
  2. Why is my palette blank or empty?
  3. How can simple graphics within a View be converted into shapefiles?
  4. How do I import an icon symbol into ArcView 3.x?

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Error Messages

  1. Why do I get an error about dbthemes.avx or SDE.ExportTableUpdate when opening a project?
  2. I'm getting a Segmentation Violation when adding an ARC/INFO Library to ArcView.
  3. Explanation to two common error messages you may get in ArcView (AVARRAY & Error in Reading Shape Record Length)
  4. Why do I get a segmentation violation?
  5. Why do I get the error: "Run-time error '429' - ActiveX component can't create object" when starting the Projection Utility?
  6. Why do I get a Segmentation Violation error when loading an ArcInfo library into ArcView 3.1 after installing the ArcView 3.1.1 patch on Windows 2000?
  7. Why do I get the error Assertion "bit in range" failed at line 293 of file "..base\bitmap.c?

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ArcPress

  1. How can I view the contents of a Postscript File, ARC/INFO Graphics Metafile or Computer Graphics Metafile?
  2. Dr. Watson error in Winpress.exe when printing using ArcPress.

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Avenue

  1. Why do I get an error saying that an object does not recognize an Avenue request?
  2. Can I select a specific printer to print to using Avenue?
  3. How do I get the display palette properties of an active theme in Avenue?
  4. Creating customized colour ramps.
  5. How do I set a Font using Avenue?

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ArcView IMS

  1. How do I test that esrimap(n).dll is properly installed on my WebServer?

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Spatial Analyst

  1. Why do I get an "STA" error using the Spatial Analyst?
  2. How do I convert a Contour Shapefile to a Grid using Spatial Analyst?
  3. How do I interpolate a Grid by using kriging or trend techniques?

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For Educators

  1. I have downloaded a lesson pack, but I can't find the files.
  2. I'm am using the project files from the lessons folder in the ArcCanada education data CD-Rom and I get the "Where is" question. How do I fix this?
  3. Where do I find the metadata for my 10 x 10 local dataset?

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