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32 Chapter1•GettingtoKnowAutoCAD

FIGURE 1.34 Turning on the menu bar

The left end of the menu bar, just below the title bar (see Figure1.35), con-

sists of an icon and 13 menus (11 if you don’t have the Express Tools installed

or are using LT). Click any of these to display a drop-down menu. The icon and

the File and Edit menus are included with all Windows-compliant applications,

although they are somewhat customized to work with AutoCAD. The drop-down

menu associated with the icon contains commands to control the appearance

and position of the drawing area.

FIGURE 1.35 The AutoCAD user interface showing the menu bar

You can turn off the menu bar by clicking the down-arrow on the right end of

the Quick Access toolbar and choosing Hide Menu Bar, or by typing

MENUBAR↵0↵.

Using the Toolbars

The AutoCAD toolbars have essentially been replaced by the Ribbon or other

features, so we’ll touch on them only brieﬂy here. Toolbars, like the Ribbon pan-

els, are collections of tools grouped by similar tasks. Like the Ribbon itself, any

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