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To select several features and display them in the box simultaneously, press the Shift key while selecting, or drag a box using the Edit tool. When you click a feature in the list, it flashes red on the map.

To assign a value to all the selected features, click the layer name at the top of the list. You can then click the Value field

next to the attribute and enter the value—all the features in the list will be assigned this value.

To select several features and add them to the dialog box, press the Shift key while selecting. Click a feature in the list (left panel) to view and edit its attributes.

To assign the same attribute value to all the selected features, click the layer name. The values column is blank, but when you click next to an attribute, you can enter the value.

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Use the Fields tab on the Layer Properties dialog box to set the Primary Display Field—features are listed by the values in that field (you’ll usually use a name or unique identifier). Right-click a feature in the list to flash it on the map or

zoom to it.

If you’re adding attribute values for newly created features, the values for each field are set to <Null>, except for

fields for which default values have been defined or fields calculated and maintained by ArcGIS (shown in gray in the

dialog box). Type over the <Null> to enter a valid value. Use the drop-down menus to assign values to fields for which

domains or subtypes have been defined.

Select and type over a <Null> value setting to change the value.

Domain values and subtypes are available from drop-down menus when you click in the Value column for that attribute.

Use the Fields tab on the Layer Properties dialog box to specify which attribute to use to identify features in the Attributes dialog box. Select the attribute values that will appear in the list using the Primary Display Field drop-down list.

When you select a feature in the list, it flashes on the map. You can also

right-click to highlight a feature, or zoom to it.