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Changing Options and Working with User Profiles
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Launching the Options dialog box
To launch the Options dialog box, use one of these methods:
✦ On the menu browser or menu bar, click Tools menu➪Options.
✦ Type OPTIONS or OP at the command prompt and press Enter.
✦ Right-click the command line window and select Options from the short-
cut menu. You can also right-click an empty area of the drawing window
and choose Options from the shortcut menu.
Overview of AutoCAD options
The Options dialog box has way too many options for me to list each one
individually. Instead, here is an overview of the types of options found on
each tab in the dialog box:
✦ Files: The folders that the program uses to search for support, menu,
user-defined, and other files.
✦ Display: Options that control how a drawing is viewed, along with set-
tings that control the appearance of the program’s application window.
✦ Open and Save: Options that control the processes of opening and
saving files.
✦ Plot and Publish: Options for outputting a drawing or a set of drawings
to hard copy or electronic formats.
✦ System: Options that control the pointing device and some other general
options that control the behavior of the program.
Figure 1-5:
AutoCAD
LT’s Options
dialog box.
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