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This guide was created by the staff of the GIS/Data Center at Rice University and is to be used for individual educational purposes only.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

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This guide was created by the staff of the GIS/Data Center at Rice University and is to be used for individual educational purposes only. The steps outlined in this guide require access to ArcGIS Pro software and data that is available both online and at Fondren Library.

The following text styles are used throughout the guide:

Explanatory text appears in a regular font.

  1. Instruction text is numbered.
  2. Required actions are underlined.
  3. Objects of the actions are in bold.

Folder and file names are in italics.

Names of Programs, Windows, Panes, Views, or Buttons are Capitalized.

'Names of windows or entry fields are in single quotation marks.'

"Text to be typed appears in double quotation marks."

 

The following step-by-step instructions and screenshots are based on the Windows 10 operating system with the Windows Classic desktop theme and ArcGIS Pro 2.1.3 software. If your personal system configuration varies, you may experience minor differences from the instructions and screenshots.

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The following step-by-step instructions and screenshots are based on the Windows 7 operating system with the Windows Classic desktop theme and ArcGIS Pro 2.1.3 software. If your personal system configuration varies, you may experience minor differences from the instructions and screenshots.

Obtaining the Tutorial Data

Obtaining the Tutorial Data

Before beginning the tutorial, you Before beginning the tutorial, you will copy all of the required tutorial data onto your Desktop. Option . There are two ways of obtaining the tutorial data. Option 1 is best if you are completing this tutorial in one of our short courses or from the GIS/Data Center Fondren Library and Option 2 is best if you are completing the tutorial from your own computer.

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If you are completing this tutorial from a public computer in Fondren Library and are logged on using the gistrain profile, follow the instructions below:below:

  1. On the Desktop, click the File Explorer icon Image Added located on the Windows Taskbar at the bottom left corner of the screen.
  2. In the 'File Explorer' window, click This PC on left side panel and then navigate to On the Desktopdouble-click the Computer icon > gisdata (\\file-rnas.rice.edu) (R:) >  > Short_Courses > Introduction_to_Geoprocessing. > HIST207 > HIST207_GDC5 
  3. To create a personal copy of the tutorial data, drag the Geoprocessing folder  folder onto the the Desktop. 
  4. Close all windows.

OPTION 2: Accessing tutorial data online using a personal computer

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titleTutorial Data Download
  1. Click Geoprocessing.zip above to download the tutorial data.
  2. Open the Downloads folder.
  3. Right-click Geoprocessing.zip and select Extract All....
  4. In the 'Extract Compressed (Zipped) Folders' window, accept the default location into the Downloads folder and click Extract.
  5. Drag the unzipped Geoprocessing folder onto your Desktop.
  6. Close all windows.

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  1. On the Desktopdouble-click the Geoprocessing folder.
  2. Double-click the Geoprocessing.aprx project file  ArcGIS Project File (blue icon) to open the project in ArcGIS Pro.

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  3. Maximize the ArcGIS Pro application window.

Running Geoprocessing Tools

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