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The new Shapefile should display in your Personal Geodatabase.
Add or Delete Digitized Points to the New Shapefile Layer
Add/Digitize New Points to
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a Shapefile Layer
- Add the new Shapefile to your Map Project.
- In the Edit Toolbar, use the pull down menu and choose Start Editing.
- Make sure that your Target is the new Shapefile, and not another Map Layer.
- Make sure that the Task is set to Create New Feature
- Click the Sketch tool. It looks like a pencil.
- Add points to the layer by clicking on the desired location with the Sketch tool.
- When you are finished adding points to the Map Layer, go to the Editor toolbar, click on the Edit pull down menu, and choose Stop Editing. If you are asked whether or not you want to save your edits, click Yes.
- Right click on your Points Map Layer and choose Open Attribute Table. The only information displayed in the table is an ID number for the point and the designated shape of each featuer (in this case, they are all points). If you want to see the XY Coordinate information, you will need to display it.
Remove Digitized Points from a Shapefile Layer
- In the Edit Toolbar, use the pull down menu and choose Start Editing.
- Make sure that your Target is the new Shapefile, and not another Map Layer.
- Make sure that the Task is set to Create New Feature
- Choose the Edit Tool - it looks like a black arrow
- Using the Edit Tool, click on the Point that you want to delete. It will be highlighted in cyan.
- Right click on the highlighted Point. Choose Delete from the pop up menu.
- Go to the Edit drop down menu and choose Save Edits to continue editing, or choose Stop Editing to end the editing session.
Display Digitized Coordinates for XY Points in a Shapefile Map Layer
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