Tip for Week 10/18/04

 
Was that the Last or Previous object I selected?
There are several hidden command line options available at the Select Objects prompt.  The Previous option can be used by typing P at the Select Objects prompt.  This selects the entire previous selection set that was used in your drawing.  If you use the Last option by typing L at the Select Objects prompt, you will only select one of the objects you picked in a multiple object selection set, not all objects, and not necessarily the last one you picked.  Some times this option will pick the last in a selection set, and sometimes it will pick the first.  Go figure.  If your previous selection set was only one object, either of these two shortcuts will work alike by picking the same object again.
Or as Clint Eastwood would ask if he were a CAD user: "You have to ask yourself, punk, did I pick one object or did I pick more."