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Exploring the AutoCAD 2012 for Windows User Interface
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the GUI. The complete history of commands scrolls upward as new
commands are entered. Close the AutoCAD Text window. Three lines
of this command history appear at the bottom of the user interface,
just above the application status bar.
FIGURE 1.11 Tooltip and video
FIGURE 1.12 Keytips allow you to press keys to
manipulate the ribbon with the keyboard.
10. The application status bar contains a coordinate readout on the left,
a number of status toggle buttons, and various items, as shown in
Figure 1.13. Click the application status bar menu and deselect Clean
Screen; its button disappears. You can control which buttons appear
using this menu.
Coordinate readout
Paper/Model
Status toggles
Quick View controls Specialized tools Tray
Drawing status bar
Clean screen
Application status
bar menu
FIGURE 1.13 Application, drawing status bars, and the tray
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The drawing status
bar contains items
that are saved in
the current drawing,
whereas the appli-
cation status bar
contains items that
are not specific to a
particular drawing.