What is a shapefile

Shapefile file extensions

Creating a new shapefile

Creating a new dBASE table

Adding a field in a shapefile in ArcCatalog

Adding a field in a shapefile in ArcMap

Deleting a field in a shapefile in ArcCatalog

Deleting a field in a shapefile in ArcMap

Modifying indexes in shapefiles by indexing an attribute

Modifying indexes in shapefiles by adding a spatial index

Modifying indexes in shapefiles by updating a spatial index

Fundamentals of a shapefiles coordinate system

selecting an existing coordinate system

importing a coordinate system

Defining a new geographic coordinate system

Defining a new projected coordinate system

Modifying a coordinate system's parameters

Saving a shapefile coordinate system to a file

How to salvage a corrupt shapefile

Geoprocessing considerations for shapefile output