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Ctrl+Shift+Tab to cycle backward through the list of open drawings. The Shift key is used
to reverse the cycling direction in all multitasking key combinations.
If you’re comfortable switching tasks with Alt+Tab but don’t think you’ll be able to
remember Ctrl+Tab, then the
TASKBAR system variable is for you. Set TASKBAR to 1, and all
open drawings will immediately appear as separate buttons (a.k.a. tasks) at the bottom of
the screen.
If you tend to run AutoCAD without any other programs at the same time, having indi-
vidual drawings visible as tasks on the taskbar may be the way to go. Then, you can toggle
between them using Alt+Tab because each drawing is, well, a task.
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Finding Help
Perhaps the phenomenon is confined to roughly half of the species, but rumor has it that
it’s a rare event indeed when a man will ask for help (and yes, Scott is writing this). All the
women out there probably don’t need to read this section (but please do anyway, because
I’m sure you’ll learn new ways to find support).
Read this section, and seek help in secret if you need to, or do it overtly with the full
confidence that you’ll find the answers you seek. The truth is, much help is at your fingertips,
if you know where to look. Of course, this book is the ultimate resource for AutoCAD tips
and techniques (even if we do say so ourselves), but you may not always have it handy (say it
isn’t so!). In such an emergency, you’ll want to know how to find help in other forms.
Search Tips
The AutoCAD Help system runs in its own window and can be opened by pressing the F1
key, choosing Help
➔ Help from the menu, or using ? on the command line.
How many times have you accidentally hit F1 when you meant to press the adjacent Esc key? If you don’t
want help at your fingertips, see Chapter 10 to learn how to reassign F1 to Cancel (or something else more
user friendly).
Click the Search tab, enter a search query, and press Enter. In AutoCAD 2007, you can
ask questions in plain language, thanks to the new AnswerWorks engine. AnswerWorks
ranks search results with percentages and functions, much like an Internet search engine.
Finding Help
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