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Ribbon Tabs Ribbon tabs offer the highest level of organization; they group
Ribbon panels by task. For instance, commands related to plotting (printing) are
found on the Output tab, whereas commands related to entering text can be found
on the Annotate tab.
r I B B o n e n h a n c e m e n T s
AutoCAD 2012 introduces several interface and performance enhance-
ments to the Ribbon. Overall Ribbon performance has been enhanced so
that switching between tabs is nearly instantaneous. Beyond performance
enhancements, several Ribbon tabs have been updated to make it easier
to identify and access frequently used tools. These updates include the fol-
lowing Ribbon tabs and panels:
Home tab ➢ Draw panel The Draw panel from AutoCAD 2011 is on
the left, and the updated Draw panel is on the right:
Home tab ➢ Modify panel The Modify panel from AutoCAD 2011 is
on the left, and the updated Modify panel is on the right:
Insert tab ➢ Block panel The Block panel from AutoCAD 2011 is on
the left, and the updated Block panel is on the right:
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