Datasheet
click on the Quick Access toolbar, click Toolbars, click a toolbar category, and
then click the toolbar that you want to open.
Take a few minutes to explore the available toolbars, and then open the Stan-
dard toolbar from the AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT category.
The icons on the AutoCAD toolbars look like flat images and don’t appear as
raised buttons until you point to them. The Standard toolbar has 25 icons, and
they are arranged into seven logical groups. The icons on the left half of the
Standard toolbar are mostly for commands used in all Windows-compatible
applications, so you might be familiar with them. The icons on the right half of
the Standard toolbar are AutoCAD commands that you use during your regular
drawing activities. You can use these commands to take care of a number of
tasks, including the following:
Changing the view of the drawing on the screen
Changing the properties of an object, such as color or linetype
Borrowing parts of an unopened drawing to use in your current
drawing
Displaying a set of palettes that contain objects you can use in your
drawing
Accessing the Toolbar Fly-Out Menus
Notice that one icon on the Standard toolbar has a little triangular arrow in the
lower-right corner. This arrow indicates that clicking this icon displays more than
one command. Follow these steps to see how this special icon works:
1. Move the cursor to the Standard toolbar, and point to the icon that
has a magnifying glass with a rectangle in it.
2. Rest the arrow on the button for a moment without clicking to dis-
play the tooltip. Notice the small arrow in the lower-right corner of
the icon. This is the multiple-command arrow mentioned earlier.
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LT has only 23
Standard toolbar
buttons. It doesn’t
have the Sheet Set
Manager and Block
Editor buttons
because LT doesn’t
offer these features.
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