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  • 01/07/08 - Tips on starting new drawings easily with your template.
  • 01/14/08 - How to open drawings using drag and drop.
  • 01/21/08 - Making the Map Explorer go away permanently.
  • 01/28/08 - How to close AutoCAD and files with double-clicks.
  • 02/04/08 - Quick ways to edit a polyline.
  • 02/11/08 - How to find the DIMSCALE of another dimension.
  • 02/18/08 - How to use the little known Object Viewer tool.
  • 02/25/08 - Tips for viewing using REGEN, REGENALL, and AUDIT.
  • 03/03/08 - Problematic block naming conventions.
  • 03/10/08 - Setting and finding viewport zoom scaling factors.
  • 03/17/08 - Strange happenings with the Defpoints layer.
  • 03/24/08 - Using the search box in the Layer Properties Manager.
  • 03/31/08 - A quick way to toggle Ortho on and off.
  • 04/07/08 - Shrinking the size of your command line.
  • 04/14/08 - How to make objects on a layer flash on and off.
  • 04/21/08 - Keeping default line weights when publishing DWF files.
  • 04/28/08 - How to make points from the DIVIDE and MEASURE commands appear in your drawing window.
  • 05/05/08 - Viewing drawings in Buzzsaw.
  • 05/12/08 - Making your template file open quicker.
  • 05/19/08 - How to correctly re-install AutoCAD if things go wrong.
  • 05/26/08 - How to find all the instances of a block in your drawing.
  • 06/02/08 - Getting into Buzzsaw through Internet Explorer.
  • 06/09/08 - Quick way to access the PostalCAD Settings pop-up.
  • 06/16/08 - How to make any palette auto hide.
  • 06/23/08 - How to toggle your background color from black to white.
  • 06/30/08 - How to easily select everything on a single layer.
  • 07/07/08 - Making changes using Cut and Paste to Original Coordinates.
  • 7/14/08 - Adjusting column width in the Layer dialogue box.
  • 07/21/08 - Scaling text and arrows for dimensions with the Properties palette.
  • 07/28/08 - Finding the total distance of multiple polylines.
  • 08/04/08 - Easily make multiple viewports in a layout tab.
  • 08/11/08 - Zooming to the extents of a page in Layout tabs.
  • 08/18/08 - Hiding the Windows Start Bar to give more room to draw.
  • 08/25/08 - A pair of locking tools in PostalCAD.
  • 09/01/08 - How to get a printable list of layers in a drawing.
  • 09/08/08 - Right-click menu when a command is active.
  • 09/15/08 - Fixing ARX errors.
  • 09/22/08 - How to use Polar tracking.
  • 09/29/08 - Selecting all the blocks with the same name quickly.
  • 10/06/08 - accessing the PostalCAD Settings pop-up menu.
  • 10/13/08 - Making a new installation of Autodesk Map 3D 2006 look and feel like AutoCAD.
  • 10/20/08 - Using a right-click to replace the Enter key.
  • 11/03/08 - How to quickly make a viewport and name it.
  • 11/10/08 - Relieve eye stress by changing command line colors.