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Goal: In this exercise you will learn to change an ArcGIS table display.

At the end of this exercise you will be able to:

Step 1. If necessary, start ArcGIS.  Add the "Countbnd.shp"
to the View1.

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Step 2. Click the Open Attribute Table buttonatttable.jpg (5769 bytes) to open the "Attributes of Countbnd.shp" table. To see all the fields in the table, scroll to the right.

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Step 3.  Next we will change the fields displayed in the table. Make the "Attributes of Countbnd.shp" table active. From the Table pull-down menu, select Properties to display the Table Properties dialogn box.

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Note: The name of all attributes is displayed in the primary display field box. The fields can be changed by scrolling down in the box. To hide the attributes of a certain field simply unchecked the visible box.