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2. Click the Display tab, which is shown in Figure 1.8. Focus on the
Window Elements section. If scroll bars are visible on the lower and
right edges of the drawing area, the Display Scroll Bars In Drawing
Window check box will be selected.
FIGURE 1.8: The Options dialog box open at the Display tab
3. Click the check box to turn off the scroll bars. Also be sure the check
boxes for Display Screen Menu and, in the Layout Elements section,
Display Layout And Model Tabs are not selected. Don’t click the OK
button yet.
Another display setting that you might want to change at this point controls
the color of the cursor and the drawing area background. The illustrations in
this book show a white background and black crosshair cursor, but you’re proba-
bly seeing the AutoCAD default, which features a black background and a white
crosshair cursor. If you want to change the colors, follow these steps:
1. In the Window Elements area of the Display tab, click the Colors but-
ton to open the Drawing Window Colors dialog box (see Figure 1.9).
In the upper-left corner of the dialog box, in the Context list box, 2D
Model Space should be selected. If it’s not, select it.
Introducing the AutoCAD Graphics Window 11
LT doesn’t have the
Screen menu, so
the option to turn
it off isn’t on LT’s
Display tab.
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