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AutoCAD and Its Applications—Basics
Windows Explorer
Double-click on an AutoCAD file from Windows Explorer to open the file. fi If fi
AutoCAD is not already running, it starts and the file opens. You can also launch fi
AutoCAD, if it is not running, and open a file by dragging and dropping the file fi from fi
Windows Explorer onto the AutoCAD 2013 desktop icon. If AutoCAD is running, you
can drag and drop a file onto the command line to open the file. fi fi
PROFESSIONAL E O O N TIP T T P P R O R O F FE S S I O NA A L T T I P NA AL T TI P
Specify the number of fi les displayed in the fi
Recent Documents
list
by accessing the
Open and Save
tab of the
Options
dialog box. The
Number of recently-used files
text box in the
Application Menu
area
controls this function.
NOTOTE N OT OT TE
If you try to open a deleted or moved file, AutoCAD displays the fi
message
Cannot find the specified drawing file. Please verify that the file
exists.
AutoCAD then opens the
Select File
dialog box.
Figure 2-9.
Use the
Recent Documents
menu on the
Application Menu
to open a recent file.
Pick to select how
to list recent files
Pick to display
open files
Pick to
display
recent files
Recently
opened files
Tooltip To ol ti t
displays di sp la
n you wh wh en en n
over hover ho ve e r
name a a file fi le e
Pick Pi ck t t o o pin pi n the th e
file fi le t t o o the th e list li st
Pick to select a
display option