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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Tools in the Application Window
- Other Tool Locations
- Access the Classic Menu Bar
- Toolbars
- Status Bars
- Keytips
- The Command Line Window
- Shortcut Menus
- Tool Palettes
- DesignCenter
- Content Explorer
- Overview of Content Explorer
- Understand the Relationship between Content Explorer and Content Service
- Understand the Content Explorer Window
- Understand How Content Is Indexed
- Understand Watched Folders
- Manage Content Sources
- Basic Searching with Content Explorer
- Advanced Searching with Content Explorer
- Manage Saved Searches in Content Explorer
- Browse Folders with Content Explorer
- Filter Results in Content Explorer
- Sort and Group Results in Content Explorer
- Customize the View in Content Explorer
- Perform Tasks with Files in Content Explorer
- Perform Tasks with Objects in Content Explorer
- Streamline Searches with User-Created Properties in Content Explorer
- Troubleshooting Content Explorer
- Customize the Drawing Environment
- Start and Save Drawings
- Control the Drawing Views
- Organize Drawings and Layouts
- Create Single-View Drawings (Model Space)
- Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts (Paper Space)
- Work with Sheets in a Sheet Set
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Work with Object Properties
- Work with Layers
- Work with Colors
- Work with Linetypes
- Control Lineweights
- Control the Display Properties of Certain Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Create Objects
- Select and Modify Objects
- Select Objects
- Correct Mistakes
- Erase Objects
- Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard
- Modify Objects
- Add Constraints to Geometry
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with Blocks
- Create and Modify Blocks
- Add Behaviors to Blocks (Dynamic Blocks)
- Overview of Dynamic Blocks
- Quick Start to Creating Dynamic Blocks
- Create and Edit Dynamic Blocks
- Add Action Parameters to Dynamic Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- Tables
- Dimensions and Tolerances
- Understand Basic Concepts of Dimensioning
- Use Dimension Styles
- Set the Scale for Dimensions
- Create Dimensions
- Modify Existing Dimensions
- Add Geometric Tolerances
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting and Publishing
- Save Plot Settings as Named Page Setups
- Reuse Named Page Setups
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for a Layout
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout
- Set the Plot Area of a Layout
- Adjust the Plot Offset of a Layout
- Set the Plot Scale for a Layout
- Set the Lineweight Scale for a Layout
- Select a Plot Style Table for a Layout
- Set Shaded Viewport and Plot Options for a Layout
- Other Ways to Create Page Setups
- Print or Plot Drawings
- Overview of Plotting
- Use a Page Setup to Specify Plot Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter
- Specify the Area to Plot
- Set Paper Size
- Position the Drawing on the Paper
- Control How Objects Are Plotted
- Preview a Plot
- Plot Files to Other Formats
- Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting and Publishing
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Convert Drawing File Formats
- Import Other File Formats
- Attach Files as Underlays
- Attach Raster Image Files
- Export Drawings to Other File Formats
- Use Drawings from Different Versions and Applications
- Access External Databases
- Collaborate with Others
- Protect and Sign Drawings
- Use the Internet for Collaboration
- Use Markups for Design Review
- Render Drawings
- Glossary
- Index
Mtext with new formatting that is edited and saved in previous releases loses
the new formatting when re-opened in AutoCAD 2008.
Tables in Previous Releases
Editing AutoCAD 2008 tables in previous releases removes AutoCAD 2008
table formatting. Also, AutoCAD 2008 table cells with long block and text
strings may extend outside of cell borders when opened in previous releases.
Data Extraction Tables in Previous Releases
For tables that were created with the Data Extraction wizard in AutoCAD 2008,
you can’t edit or update the extracted data in previous releases.
Multiple-Language Support in Previous Releases
Drawing properties in AutoCAD 2008 are saved with Unicode characters. For
instance, if you save the latest format drawing containing multiple language
drawing properties to a 2004-format drawing, the drawing properties are
converted to the native characters of the current Windows language. If text
cannot be converted to the native characters, it is saved to CIF codes
(\U+nnnn) or MIF codes (\M+nxxxx).
When saving the latest format drawing to a 2004-format drawing, any new
symbol or dictionary names (for example, layout name, text style name,
dimension style name) created in AutoCAD 2008 are saved in the language
that was used when the symbol names were created.
In order to view and edit drawings with characters that are not included in
the languages specified for your operating system, make sure supplemental
language support is installed in your computer operating system. You can
specify the language in the Regional and Language Options dialog box,
available from the Windows Control Panel. (You may be able to view text
that uses SHX fonts without specifying extra language support.)
Text styles for Asian languages that use SHX and Big Font can support
characters only from the same code page. For example, text styles that use a
Japanese Big Font cannot support German or Korean characters. (English
characters, which are part of every code page, are supported.) Multiple-language
support for non-Asian languages is supported for text styles that use SHX fonts
with Big Fonts disabled. (The SHX font must define the required characters.)
Multiple-language support does not exist in some earlier versions of AutoCAD.
For example, when you save a file to AutoCAD 2000 format, the contents of
multiple-language multiline text may be corrupted. This problem is more
likely to happen when you open and save a drawing on an operating system
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