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Introducing the AutoCAD Application Window 9
FIGURE 1.9 Selecting the 2D Wireframe
visual style by using in-canvas Viewport controls
If the drawing area looks like a sheet of graph paper, it means the
grid, a drawing aid that you’ll look at later, is turned on.
4. Move the cursor to the left side of the status bar at the bottom of the
screen, and click the Grid Display button so it’s in the Off position
(unpushed with a gray, not blue, background) and the gridlines disap-
pear. Place your cursor over any button in the status bar to reveal its
name in a tooltip.
Your screen should now look similar to Figure1.5.
Introducing the AutoCAD
Application Window
At the top of the Application window (see Figure1.10), the Ribbon and the Quick
Access toolbar sit to the left, and the InfoCenter and a number of related tools
sit on the right.
Quick Access toolbar InfoCenter toolbar
Ribbon
FIGURE 1.10 The Ribbon, Quick Access toolbar, and InfoCenter
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