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CHAPTER 1 GETTING FAMILIAR WITH AUTOCAD
2. Click and hold down the left mouse button. Notice that a gray box in the shape of the toolbar
appears by the cursor.
3. Still holding down the mouse button, move the mouse downward. The gray box follows the
cursor.
4. When the gray box is over the drawing area, release the mouse button, and the Standard
toolbar—now a floating toolbar—moves to its new location.
5. To move the toolbar back into its docked position, place the arrow cursor on the toolbar’s
title bar and slowly click and drag so that the cursor is in position in the upper-left corner of
the AutoCAD window. Notice how the gray outline of the toolbar changes as it approaches
its docked position.
6. When the outline of the Standard toolbar is near its docked position, release the mouse
button. The toolbar moves back into its previous position in the AutoCAD window.
TIP You can also move a toolbar from a docked position to a floating position by double-clicking
the toolbar’s grab bar. Double-click the title bar of a floating toolbar to move the toolbar to its
docked position.
Locking the Toolbars and Palettes
The mobility of the toolbars and palettes is a great feature, allowing you to customize AutoCAD’s
window, but you might find that you can accidentally move or close toolbars. You can lock toolbars
in their docked or floating location using a shortcut menu.
Right-click any toolbar and choose Lock Location toward the bottom of the shortcut menu.
You can choose from any of five options. Floating Toolbars and Docked Toolbars let you lock
toolbars in either floating or docked locations. Floating Windows and Docked Windows do the
same for palettes such as the Tool palette and Info palette. All offer a convenient setting to lock
everything at once. When you click one of these options, a checkmark appears next to the selected
option, telling you that that option is turned on.
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