Tip of the Week 2/6/12

Welcome to the PostalCAD 2009 tips & tricks page!  These weekly tips and tricks will expand your working knowledge of PostalCAD 2009 and AutoCAD Map 3D 2009.  These simple tips can often create hours of relief to replace hours of frustration.  Go ahead and bookmark this invaluable resource page to brighten and enhance your CAD skills. Check back every week to review the "Tip of the Week" to enjoy using the latest release of PostalCAD 2009 with a little more confidence or browse through the archives and expand your working knowledge!

Keyboard shortcuts save the day, literally. Many users have discovered that using keyboard shortcuts for common tools is a lot quicker and easier than hunting through the Ribbon. The resources panel in the Tools tab of the Ribbon has a shortcut for a utility listing all the shortcuts available in AutoCAD and PostalCAD. Shortcuts utility in the Ribbon . After selecting the button in the Ribbon or typing "AI" at the command line, a dialogue box will appear defaulting to showing all the available keyboard shortcuts. Various filters are available throughout the dialogue to hone the list to specific categories or keys. the Notepad button will give the final results in a format that can easily be printed or exported into Excel. ACAD /PCAD Alias utility.

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