12 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 fi 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 9 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 fi 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 first. fi 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. fi NOTE O T N O O T OT OT TE The Recent Documents and Open Documents menus of the Application Menu provide access to recent and active fi les, as described in Chapter 2. fi 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