ArcGIS Desktop Help

When working with any software program, getting help when you need it is important. ArcGIS Desktop Help provides comprehensive explanations of procedures, tools, buttons, and commands, and you can access it from multiple locations within ArcMap and ArcCatalog. Context-sensitive help allows you to click a tool or button and get information about it right there.

The ArcGIS Desktop Help is accessible from ArcMap and ArcCatalog. The easy-to-use interface allows you to get the information you need quickly.

Within ArcGIS Desktop Help, there are four tabs that provide different ways of accessing information.

Tab	How you use it
Contents	Displays the Table of Contents for help topics. Help topics are organized into books. Expanding books and topics allows you to view both conceptual and procedural information.
Index	Allows you to quickly search through the contents index by entering one or more keywords, such as "layer" or "table."
Search	Allows you to enter one or more keywords and find every help topic containing those keywords.
Favorites	Allows you to create a custom list of help topics. The list is saved and available each time you open ArcGIS Desktop Help.