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Object Properties toolbar (
continued)
Tool Description
Locks and unlocks layers. To prevent objects on a layer from being
modified, lock the layer. The objects remain visible, and you can use
commands that do not alter the objects.
Controls the whether layers are plotted.
Displays the color assigned to a layer.
Makes a color current, displays the color of a selected object, and
changes the color of a selected object. The drop-down list
contains the colors used most recently. Click Other to display the
Select Color dialog box for additional color selections.
Makes a linetype current, displays the linetype of a
selected object, and changes a selected object’s
linetype.
Makes a lineweight current, displays the lineweight of a
selected object, changes the lineweight of an object,
and makes a lineweight current.
Controls the plot style of objects. By modifying an
object's plot style, you can override that object's color,
linetype, and lineweight for plotting. You can also
specify end, join, and fill styles as well as output effects
such as dithering, gray scale, pen assignment, and
screening.
For more information, use to look up “Using the Object Properties
Toolbar” in the online Help