Characteristics and Examples of Spatial Data - Introducing Geographic Information Systems with ArcGIS - page 115

FIGURE 2-6
2. These toolbars will appear—either docked or free floating. For each docked toolbar, hover the
mouse cursor over the toolbar handle (four tiny dots—arranged vertically—at the left end of
each toolbar, as shown in Figure 2-7) until your cursor turns into a four-sided arrow. Drag the
elements around until they resemble Figure 2-8.
Double-click in the title of the T/C which makes the window leave its docked position and become
freestanding. Maneuver it, again looking at Figure 2-8.
When you use ArcMap to display data sets, the T/C will contain the names of those data sets and
information about symbology used to display them.
As you saw when you selected the toolbars to turn on, ArcMap has a lot of toolbars, which suggests a
lot of capability (and complexity). The preceding toolbars are those you will probably use most often. I
will describe each tool later as you come to it, but for now simply record the names of the icons on the
Standard toolbar and the Tools toolbar in your Fast Facts File. To determine the name, position the cursor
over each and look at the ToolTips. (In ArcMap version 10.0, you can look at the Status Bar for further
description; in version 10.1 the description will appear in the ToolTip.) As you write the toolbar name and
look at the description, think about what operation would occur when the icon is clicked.
Write the names of the icons of the Standard toolbar in your Fast Facts File.
Done? ( ) Yes. ( ) No
Write the names of the icons of the Tools toolbar in your Fast Facts File.
Done? ( ) Yes. ( ) No.