Managing Your ArcMap Document Files |
  
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Managing Your ArcMap Document Files |
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In the subsequent chapters you will find some important recommendations on how to manage and organize your ArcMap document files.
| • | Differentiate between Master and Published Map Document Save your ArcMap document separately as a master map document and a published map document. |
| • | Save ArcMap Documents Properly Saving ArcMap document properly is important to keep the MXD files small by not saving historic information. |
| • | Store Absolute File Paths to Data Sources Try to avoid using UNC file paths because access right problems on directories, files and UNC shares might be tricky to solve. |
| • | Optimize the ArcMap Document with Mxdperfstat Use the Mxdperfstat diagnostics tool in order to optimize your ArcMap document towards best performance. |