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Customizing the Ribbon
You can customize each panel of the Ribbon, and you can build your own custom
tabs and panels to display only the buttons you use frequently. You can even design
your own buttons for commands that aren’t already represented by buttons on the
toolbars. These activities are for more advanced users, however, and aren’t covered
in this book. To find out more about how to customize toolbars, see Mastering
AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010 by George Omura (Wiley, 2009).
Using the Application Menu
The Application menu contains the tools for opening, saving, and printing your
drawings, similar to the options found under the File pull-down menu in Auto-
CAD and many other programs. The tools menus now project from the upper-
left corner of the AutoCAD window and cover the drawing area and any open
dialog boxes, but only when the Application Menu is open.
1. Click the Application menu button, the large, red A button in the top-
left corner of the AutoCAD window, to open the Application menu.
2. The left pane of the Application menu displays the different com-
mands. Clicking or hovering over a menu displays the command
options in the right pane, as shown in Figure 1.27.
FIGURE 1.27: The Application menu showing the Print command options
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