There are 4 ways to copy information in Microsoft Word XP:

• EDIT --> COPY
• Right click on the mouse and copy
• Use CTRL-C on the keyboard
• Use the Copy icon on the Standard Toolbar

(get rid of text)

• highlight information, right click on mouse, click on cut (scissor icon)
• highlight information, click on the cut icon (scissors)

• On the Standard toolbar, click Open (File folder).

• Click a shortcut on the Place Bar, or in the Look in box, click the drive or folder that contains the file you want to delete.
• In the folder list, locate and open the folder that contains the file you want to delete.
• Right-click the file you want to delete, and then click Delete on the

This is the primary function of a GIS - data analysis is what adds value to the input data to create information. Most GIS contain a wide variety of analytical tools. Some of these work on data within a single layer (e.g. the measurement of distances or areas), others create a new data layer by analysing data in an existing layer (e.g. a slope layer may be calculated from a raster containing heights - i.e. a digital elevation model), whilst many of the more powerful analytical operations involve comparisons of data in two or more layers. The various analytical tools in a GIS can be combined in an almost infinite number of ways to create very sophisticated analyses.

Data capture refers to the entry of locational and attribute data into the system. Data entry, in its simplest form, includes facilities to enter attribute data values from a keyboard. However, in many instances, attribute data are imported from an existing digital source (e.g. a database table or a spreadsheet) - most GIS provide facilities for importing attribute data in a variety of formats. Most GIS also provide facilities for importing locational data in a variety of formats (e.g. other GIS formats, standard satellite imagery formats). Facilities are also generally provided for digitising locational data, either by tracing features from images (e.g. scanned paper maps, orthophotos, satellite images) displayed on-screen, or from paper maps attached to external digitising tables.

This refers to the ability of a GIS to display data graphically, usually in the form of a map, although sometimes using charts or diagrams. Maps drawn using a GIS are sometimes constructed using only locational data, but in most instances the locational features are symbolised to reflect the values of selected attributes (e.g. polygons representing administrative areas may be coloured to reflect their population densities). Most GIS are capable of drawing a wide variety of different types of maps.

In addition to editing data, a GIS also contains a number of tools for modifying the data by converting it into different forms. For example, data in an attribute table (e.g. population and area) can be used to create new variables (e.g. population density) using arithmetic operators (in this case by dividing population by area). Locational data can likewise be manipulated in various ways. Many GIS, for example, contain facilities to allow data projected using one projection to be converted to a different projection.

This means exactly what you probably think it means. Once the data have been encoded and entered into the system, a GIS must be able to store the data it a way that enables it to be retrieved. A GIS is, amongst other things, a database management system (DBMS), although the fact that it has to accommodate spatial data means that it is more complex than most other types of DBMS.