x, y, z table for a bunch of points

This is how I got an xyz table of a bunch of points. (There is probably a better way out there.)

1. Using arc catalog, create a shapefile of points. Then add columns to the attribute table, x, y
2. In arcmap, start an edit session and click away on the points.
3. End and save edit session, I think.
4. Right click on shapefile in Table of Contents column and open Attribute Table. All of the points should be there.
5. Right click on the x column
6. Click Calculate Geometry
7. Choose X coordinate of Point, Use coordinate system of the data source (UTM meters)
8. Repeat with x column and Y coordinate of the Point
9. Use Toolbox -> Spatial analyst Tools -> Extraction -> Extract Values From Points
Input point features (point shapefile)
Input raster (DEM)
Output point features (choose your name)
Click OK
10. This should create a new column in the table. Now you can save the table and export the .dbf if you wish, and do whatever you want with it.

Overview of Extraction tools