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Add the Editor Toolbar to Your Tools
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Click Customize → Toolbars → Editor. If there is a check box next to the Editor option already, it means that the Editor Toolbar is already enabled and visible.
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Click the Editor button in the Editor Toolbar. (Click image to enlarge)
Choose Start Editing. The Create Features menu will appear. The name of your new Shapefile should appear in the list of Templates. (Click image to enlarge)
Click on the name of the new, empty Shapefile. A set of options will appear in the Construction Tools area at the bottom of the Create Features menu.
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