Datasheet

A bar with an up or down arrow at the top or bottom of the right pane
indicates that additional tools are available. You can display these
tools by placing your cursor over either bar.
Opening a Drawing with the
Application Menu
The Application Menu offers a quick method for opening drawings. You can even
see a thumbnail preview of the drawings and arrange drawings that you fre-
quently edit so that they are easily accessible. Here’s how:
1. To open a new AutoCAD file from the Application menu, click New
➣
Drawing, as shown in Figure 1.28.
FIGURE 1.28: Opening a new drawing from the Application menu
This opens the Select Template dialog box, where you select a template
on which to base the new drawing. Opening a file with a template is
covered in Chapter 2, “Learning Basic Commands to Get Started.”
2. To open an existing file from the Application menu, click Open
➣
Drawing as shown in Figure 1.29.
FIGURE 1.29: Opening an existing drawing from the Application menu
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