Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "In the next step, you will create a file geodatabase named Topo5k.gdb for a topographic map corresponding to the scale 1:5,000."

A block of code is set as follows:

HYC[int] = HIC[int]
Name[string] = Name[string]
HType[int] = HAT[int]

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "Select ArcToolbox from the Standard toolbar. Go to Data Management Tools | Workspace, and double-click on the Create File GDB tool."

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

Tips and tricks appear like this.