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​​In March when it officially came out, I went through the helpful ArcGIS
pro tutorials to see if it was worth using instead of ArcMap.  At the time
I made a few comments to share with a colleague. Here's what I wrote then:


   - I searched every where for the ID tool.  It doesn't look like an ID
   tool, looks more like a pan tool to me:
   - [image: Displaying image.png]
   - Be sure you install a 64-bit sql client on your computer (sqlncli.msi
   for 64-bit) or you'll get meaningless errors when you try to connect to
   your geodatabases.
   - When you enter attributes of a new feature in the attributes window,
   you can't use tab or the Enter key to go to the next atribute, you must
   mouse your way through each attribute.
   - When using a legend, I couldn't figure out how to adjust layers into
   more than 1 column or change how layers are presented in the legend (i.e.
   don't show layer name or don't show the classification) or even exclude a
   layer from the legend.
   - Printing is a little awkward.  Setting the layout to landscape does
   not automatically print to layout.  You have to open the printer
   preferences EACH TIME you print and set it to landscape.  Where's the "Use
   Printer paper settings" checkbox?
   - Once you insert a map onto a layout, the two don't seem to be
   dynamically synchronized (i.e. pan on the map, the data layers pan on the
   layout).  There seems to be a feature that allows you to do this but it
   wasn't working for me.
   - When you insert a map onto a layout, you can't pan, zoom, or change
   the scale (at least from what I could tell).
   - You can't change the properties of the scale bar - they are inherited
   from the map.  If your map displays in miles, then your layout scale bar
   displays in miles, even if you want to use feet.
   - I didn't find it any more robust than ArcMap and I'm using a new
   64-bit laptop with 16 GB of RAM and a solid state hard drive.

I went back to ArcMap and haven't tried Pro since.

*PATRICK LADD*


*GIS Specialist, City of Meriden*

*MIS Department, Room 38*

*142 East Main Street, Meriden, CT 06450*

*(203)630-4148*


*Visit us on the web <http://gis.meridenct.gov/meriden>*


On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Meghan McGaffin <
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>  Is anyone out there using ArcGIS Pro?  How has it changed your
> workflows?  What about  the integration with ArcGIS Online?  Are there any
> pros or cons I should consider before installing it?
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> City of Milford, CT <http://www.ci.milford.ct.us/>
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