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AutoCAD and Its Applications—Basics
Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc.
Using the Buttons and Menus
Items on the left side of the
Application Menu
function as buttons to activate
common application commands, display menus, or do both. For example, pick the
New
button to begin a new fi le using the
NEW
command. To display a menu, hover over
the menu name, or pick the arrow on the right side of the button. Long menus include
small arrows at the top and bottom for scrolling through selections. Some options
have a small arrow to the right of the item name that, when selected or hovered over,
expands to provide a submenu. Pick an option from the list to activate the command.
A command or option accessible from the
Application Menu
appears as a graphic in
the margin of this textbook. The graphic represents the process of picking the
Application
Menu
button, then selecting a menu button, or hovering over a menu, and picking a menu
or submenu option. The example shown in this margin illustrates picking the
Page Setup
option of the
Print
menu, as shown in Figure 1-9, to access the
PAGESETUP
command.
Searching for Commands
Use the
Application Menu
search tool to locate and access any AutoCAD command
listed in the Customize User Interface (CUIx) fi le. Type a command name in the
Search
text box. Commands that match the letters you enter appear as you type. Type
additional letters to narrow the search, with the best-matched command listed fi rst.
Figure 1-10 shows using the
Search
text box to locate the
SAVE
command for saving a
fi le. Pick a command from the list to activate the command.
NOTE NOTE
The
Recent Documents
and
Open Documents
menus of the
Application
Menu
provide access to recent and active fi les, as described in
Chapter 2.
PAGESETUP
Application Menu
Print
Page Setup
Figure 1-9.
Use the
Application Menu
to access common application and file management commands and
settings, search for commands, and access open and recently used documents.
Application
Menu
button
Pick to activate
Open Documents
menu
Search
tool
Menu
Pick to activate
the
PAGESETUP
command
Pick to display
the
Options
dialog box
Pick to
scroll through
additional
options
Pick to
activate
Recent
Documents
menu
Pick to activate
a command,
or hover
to display
a menu
Active
menu