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Create a Shortcut Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Customize Shortcut Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Create a Double Click Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Create a Mouse Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Create and Modify Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Create a Workspace from the User Interface . . . . . . . . 119
Create a Workspace with the CUI Editor . . . . . . . . . . 120
Create and Manage Customization Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Basics of Customization Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Create and Load a Partial CUIx File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Create an Enterprise CUIx File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Find and Replace Commands and Text in a CUIx File . . . . . . 135
Customize Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Overview of Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Create, Edit, and Reuse Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Create Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Overview of Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Use Special Control Characters in Macros . . . . . . . . . . 154
Pause for User Input in Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Provide International Support in Macros . . . . . . . . . . 158
Use Built-in Commands in Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Repeat Commands in Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Use Single Object Selection Mode in Macros . . . . . . . . 160
Use Macros to Swap User Interface Elements . . . . . . . . 160
Use Conditional Expressions in Macros . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Use AutoLISP in Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Control the Display of Command Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Assign Search Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Create Tooltips and Extended Help for Commands . . . . . . . . 174
Create Status Line Help Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Assign, Create, and Manage Images for Commands . . . . . . . 181
Assign Images to a Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Create and Edit Custom Images for Commands . . . . . . 184
Manage, Import, and Export Custom Images . . . . . . . . 186
Customize User Interface Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Quick Access Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Ribbon Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Ribbon Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Ribbon Contextual Tab States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Create and Edit Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Add Flyouts to a Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Add, Remove or Switch Toolbar Controls . . . . . . . . . . 265
Pull-down and Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Overview of Pull-Down and Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . 270
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