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Disclaimer: The Toolkit Community page contains links to "helpful hints" and other documentation developed by State Toolkit Coordinators and GIS Specialists.  The documents and references in this section are typically developed for a specific state; consequently, the information may not be applicable to you.  To help define the intended audience, we have noted the source of each document. To disseminate this information as quickly as possible, the Toolkit Team has not reviewed these documents for scope or accuracy. We recommend that you discuss a particular helpful hint or work-around with your Toolkit Coordinator before implementing it.

• Instructions for Snapping Lines Together - West Virginia (3.4 MB Microsoft Word document, 10/05/05).  Developed by Chris Winslow.  Snapping Corners Together (p1-3); Snapping Double Lines in a Field Together (p4-6); Snapping Lines Using SP1 (p7-10).
   
• Toolkit Self Paced Training Manual - Arkansas NRCS (89.9 MB Adobe Acrobat document, 06/09/05).  Due to the large file size, you can also download the manual by sections (all files are Adobe Acrobat documents).

  NOTE: This manual uses screen captures from Toolkit Build 61. Some of these screens do not match the current build of Toolkit.
   

  • Introduction (314 KB)
  • A-Setting Toolkit Preferences (2.70 MB)
  • B-Customer Folder Tabs.pdf (1.59 MB)
  • C-Creating a New Customer Folder (764 KB)
  • D-Checking Out an Existing Customer (795 KB)
  • E-Opening an Existing Map Document (1.04 MB)
  • F-Creating New Planned Land Units (14.3 MB)
  • G-Linking Existing Tabular Land Units to a Map (8.47 MB)
  • H-Linking Existing Digitized Land Units to a Map (1.66 MB)
  • I-Adding Land Unit Attributes (1.01 MB)
  • J-Creating Land Unit Labels (5.43 MB)
  • K-Digitizing Line Type Conservation Practices (10.3 MB)
  • L-Digitizing Point Type Conservation Practices (8.06 MB)
  • M-Digitizing Polygon Type Conservation Practices (7.71 MB)
  • N-Scheduling Practices and Creating a Plan Report (1.22 MB)
  • O-Saving a Map Document (948 KB)
  • P-Creating a Plan Map (3.50 MB)
  • S-Creating a Soils Inventory and Map (5.97 MB)
  • Z-Help.pdf (583 KB)
     
• Using the Base Layer to Create Custom Layers - Arkansas  (2 MB Adobe Acrobat document, 09/05)
   
• The Continuous Pan/Zoom Tool for ArcMap - Arkansas  (1 MB Adobe Acrobat document, 08/05)
   
• Customer Service Toolkit Notes CST 2004 - Ohio (B66) (377 KB Adobe Acrobat document, 06/05)
   
• Iowa State Office - CSP/Toolkit Procedures (3.4 MB Microsoft Word document, 04/22/05)
   
• Kansas State Office - Helpful Hints
   
• Maryland Office Summary on Using Toolkit 5.0 (552 KB Adobe Acrobat document, 04/20/05)
   
• Michigan State Office - Helpful Hints
   
• Style Sheets for Practice Layers - Ohio State Office (285 KB compressed Microsoft Word document and Toolkit style sheet, 06/10/05)
   
• Toolkit Planned Land Unit Workflow Guide (626 KB Microsoft Word document, 12/22/04)
   
• Vermont State Office - Helpful Hints
   
• Washington State Office - Helpful Hints
   
• Wyoming State Office - Helpful Hints
   
• TN Toolkit Instructions (53 KB Microsoft Word document, 04)
   
• Identifying Individual Tracts for the Map Layout - Wisconsin State Office (360 KB Adobe Acrobat  document, 04)
   
• Creating Practice Layers - Wisconsin State Office (1 M Adobe Acrobat  document, 04)
   

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Last Updated:  21 Nov 05