2013 Philippine Esri GIS User Conference

Technical Sessions

Tips and Tricks for an Efficient

Workflow using ArcGIS 10.1
Maria Kristina P. Camua
Agenda

• Essential keyboard shortcuts for most common

functions
• Editing tips and tricks
• Using map templates
• Making map books
Schedule of parallel sessions

TECHNICAL SESSIONS DEMO

THEATER

Time Desktop Track GIS Server Track

Implementation
Track

Archibus Demo
4:00 - 4:30 Tips and Tricks Planning
ArcGIS for Theater, Offering 2
for an Efficient Enterprise
Mobile
Workflow Using Geodatabase
Devices
4:30 - 5:00 ArcGIS 10.1 Solutions (Closed)
Keyboard Shortcuts
Map navigation

Function Shortcut
Zoom in Mouse scroll in; hold down Z then draw
area with mouse
Zoom out Mouse scroll out; hold down X then draw
area with mouse
Pan Press C
Go back to previous extent <
Go to next extent >
Roam/ Continuous pan Q
Map navigation

Alternatively, you use the following:

- Zoom to Full Extent- Insert Key
- Pan using these keys:
Page Up

Home End

Page Down
 Layer management

Function Shortcut
Turn on/off layers Spacebar
Zoom to layer’s extent Alt + left mouse click
Rename a layer F2
Open a layer’s attribute table •CTRL + T
•CTRL + double-click
•CTRL + Enter
Window handling

Function Shortcut
Open the Search window CTRL + F
Activate a data frame Alt + left click on a layer
Open properties dialog box •F12
•Alt + double click on a layer
•double-click on a layer
Refresh F5
Toggle between windows in ArcGIS CTRL+ Tab
Toggle between Data Frame CTRL + Tab
More on shortcuts

• You can visit this link:

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html
#//00660000025m000000
• ArcGIS Resources Center >> ArcGIS 10.1 Tips and Tricks
Window handling
Window handling

• To avoid cluttering and space constraints, you can stack

your windows on top of each other. This is called
window stacking.
• To dock or undock a window, double-click on the title bar
of the window.
• To unstack a window, double-click its tab.
Editing
Editing

3 ways to start an edit session:

- Editor toolbar: Editor > Start Editing
- Right- click a layer > Edit Data > Start Editing
- Open a table >> Ctrl + E to Start/Stop Editing
 Editing

Function Shortcut
Undo last edit (inside an edit session) Ctrl + Z
Move the anchor to a new position Ctrl + C then drag the anchor to new
position
Hide/ unhide Feature Construction Tab
toolbar while editing
Hide the Edit Vertices toolbar Shift + Tab
temporarily.
Editing using Snapping

Snapping allows you to :

• create features that connect to each other so your edits are more
accurate, with fewer errors.
• position a feature easily in relation to the locations of other
features.

When snapping is turned on, your pointer will jump, or snap to,
edges, vertices, and other geometric elements when your pointer is
near them and within a certain tolerance.
Editing - Snapping

VS

Classic snapping window Snapping toolbar

Editing - Classic snapping

• Prior versions to ArcGIS 10.1

• Editor toolbar >> Editing options >>
check Use Classic Snapping >> Start
EdIting >> Editor menu >> Snapping
>> Snapping Window
Editing- Snapping toolbar

• Enabled throughout the application, in all

functions
• Additional functions like Intersection,
Midpoint, and Tangent Snapping, etc.
Editing

• Classic Editing Toolbar

vs

• Create Features Window

Editing

• Familiarity with prior versions

• Dropdown, Sketch tool, etc.
• To enable, close all ArcMap applications >> C:\Program
Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.1\Utilities >> Advanced
ArcMapSettings >> Uncheck Create Feature Templates
Map templates

• Standardize the maps from your organization

- Save it in any of these directory:
- C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.1\MapTemplates
- C:\Users\<user profile>
\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.1\ArcMap\Templates

• Download from ArcGIS Resource Center

Layouting
Data Driven Pages

• Quickly and easily create a series of layout pages from a

single map document.
• Make map books or map atlases fast

• Example: A map book of the different provinces in the

Philippines.
For more information...

• Visit ArcGIS Resource Center

• Access it directly inside ArcMap Help >> ArcGIS
Resource Center link
Demonstration
Thank you!