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iv | Contents
Part I The User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 2 Menus, Toolbars and Tool Palettes . . . . . . . . . . 19
Tool Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Insert Blocks and Hatches Using Tool Palettes. . . . . . . 20
Change Tool Palette Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Control Tool Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Customize Tool Palettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Save and Share Tool Palettes . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
The Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The Object Snap Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 3 The Command Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Enter Commands on the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . 36
Enter System Variables on the Command Line . . . . . . . . 38
Navigate and Edit Within the Command Window . . . . . . . 39
Switch Between Dialog Boxes and the Command Line . . . . . . 41
Dock and Resize the Command Window . . . . . . . . . . 42
Chapter 4 DesignCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Overview of DesignCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Understand the DesignCenter Window. . . . . . . . . . . 46
Access Content with DesignCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Add Content with DesignCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Retrieve Content from the Web with DesignCenter Online . . . . 55
Overview of DesignCenter Online . . . . . . . . . . 55
Understand DesignCenter Online Content Types . . . . . 57
Retrieve Content on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 5 Customize the Drawing Environment . . . . . . . . . 61
Set Interface Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Customize Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Save and Restore Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Chapter 6 Pointing Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Pointing Device Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Digitizing Tablets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73