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<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Help!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">It has to be Friday or I would have figured this out by now by myself!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">I have one shapefile that is completely contained within a second shapefile.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">I want to subtract the first shapefile from the second, creating a third shapefile that is the outer shapefile minus the contained shapefile (e.g., the outer shapefile with a hole in it the size of the contained shapefile).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Suggestions?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">I tried the Cartographic Mask tool and using buffers, neither worked right.</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Monotype Corsiva">-- John</FONT></B>
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