Using ArcCatalog

20. Click the Color Ramp dropdown arrow and click a
different color palette, if desired.
21. Click Add All Values.
To change the color of individual values, for example, to
make the water polygons blue, double-click the patch of
color to the left of the value. Set the fill and outline
colors in the Symbol Selector dialog box and click OK.
22. Click OK in the Layer Properties dialog box.
The vegetation type layer represents the forest resources in
the study area.
Add the vegetation type layer to the map
Now that the vegetation layer has been created, you can
add it to the Yellowstone map.
1. Double-click the Yellowstone map in the Catalog.
2. Click and drag the vegetation type layer from the
Catalog and drop it in the map’s table of contents below
park roads and above hydrology in the Study Area data
frame’s list of layers.
3. Click the Save button in ArcMap.
4. Click the File menu and click Exit to stop ArcMap.
The Yellowstone map is now complete.
You’re now finished with the Quick-start tutorial. This
exercise showed how to use ArcCatalog to manage
shapefiles and dBASE tables including how to define a
coordinate system and add and remove attributes.
Overall, this tutorial has introduced you to a wide range of
tasks. Whether you are looking for data, building maps, or
managing data for your project or an entire organization,
ArcCatalog plays a pivotal role in getting the job done. The
remaining chapters in this book look in detail at the variety
of tasks you can accomplish with ArcCatalog.
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