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How do I add or join a .lyr to a shapefile?
I have a shapefile of a city's zoning districts and, separately, the .lyr, which shows the correct colors for each zoning classification.
Based on another thread, I tried going to Properties _ Source and changing the Source to point to the shapefile, but then the color distinctions disappeared.
I am new to GIS.
A LYR file just points to the data but is not data. It handles cartographic representation like symbology labeling and scale dependency
