ArcGIS Desktop 10 Tips and Tricks

A couple times a month, I check out the various tips and tricks CW posts on StackOverflow and always learn something new.

I went back and forth as to whether to pin this question to a specific program of a specific, major version of GIS software. Given the amount of change to the ux, I think ArcGIS Desktop 10 should get its own Tips and Tricks question and will be a great resource for new ArcGIS users and ArcGIS 10 users upgrading from 9.3.

Hope to see some good tips that aren't already covered in the ESRI ArcGIS Desktop Tips and Shortcuts.

ArcMap

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ArcCatalog

• Slow listing of folders?
  
  
  
  1. Make sure that ArcCatalog Options --> Contents have only Name,Type checked on. Don't check any metadata columns either.