Creating a reference map : working with layers, symbology, labels, l ayouts, saving -- Creating well-designed layouts : color, font, map flo w, legends, sources -- Projecting shapefiles -- Preparing data for ArcG IS : preparing Excel files, working with census data -- Joining data to maps -- Creating a thematic map : thematic mapping, constructing a leg end, color shading -- Working with attribute tables : adding/deleting c olumns, editing values, calculations -- Address mapping -- Creating a c ategorical cap : categorical mapping of polygons and points -- GPS poin t mapping -- Editing boundaries : changing boundaries, merging multiple geographies into one, merging multiple shapefiles into one, clipping, custom selections -- Joining boundaries : spatial joining -- Aerial pho tography -- Digitizing paper maps : making a digital image, drawing pol ygon and line boundaries by hand -- Attribute queries -- Location queri es -- Creating reports -- Creating buffers -- Publishing maps : ArcGIS Explorer, geoenabled PDFs, creating map books -- Creating geodatabases.