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30 Chapter1•GettingtoKnowAutoCAD
ge T T I n g T h e mos T ou T o F T h e re c e n T do c u m e n T s l I sT
The Application menu offers many time-saving tips. Here are two of the
best ways to use the Recent Documents list:
Access Frequently Used Drawings For drawings you access on a
regular basis, and would like to remain on the Recent Documents list, click
the pushpin that displays next to its name. This will “pin” that drawing to
the Recent Documents list until you unpin it.
Maximize the Number of Recent Documents Out of the box, the
Recent Document list displays only the last nine drawings you’ve opened.
This number can be increased to fifty using the OPTIONS command, selecting
the Open and Save tab, and changing the Number Of Recently-Used Files
setting under the Application Menu heading.
Switching between Open Drawings
As in many programs, you can have multiple drawing files open in the same
session of AutoCAD. Each drawing is stacked behind the drawings in front of
it. There are several ways to switch between the open files, including using the
Application menu, as shown next:
1. Start or open two or more AutoCAD files.
2. Open the Application menu, and then click the Open Documents icon
at the top of the left pane. The open drawings are displayed in the right
pane, as shown in Figure1.32.
FIGURE 1.32 Displaying the open drawings
by using the Application menu
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