Tip of the Week Archive 2007

12/31/07 - Quick ways to end an AutoCAD session. 12/24/07 - Useful ways of adding e-mail hyperlinks. 12/17/07 - Hidden drawing files created by Outlook. 12/10/07 - How to filter the paper sizes for your printer. 12/03/07 - What are the files with the CDC extension. 11/26/07 - Turning off selection preview for more speed. 11/19/07 - How to keep the black background when pasting. 11/12/07 - Quick way to rename a lot of Layout tabs easily. 11/05/07 - Tips for opening and closing the Properties palette. 10/29/07 - The PostalCAD utility for listing keyboard shortcuts. 10/22/07 - Origin point for 3D blocks. 10/15/07 - Using a crossing window for TRIM and Extend. 10/08/07 - When zoom extents makes objects very small. 10/01/07 - Cutting and Pasting while using REFEDIT. 09/24/07 - How to balance PCAD and a tutorial file at the same time. 09/17/07 - Pasting clipboard text directly into AutoCAD. 09/10/07 - Editing options when in the DTEXT command. 09/03/07 - Changing the background color for J-peg's. 08/27/07 - Dynamic arrays with MINSERT. 08/20/07 - Making the command line Auto-Hide and shorter. 08/13/07 - Uses for the Space bar. 08/06/07 - When drawing files are invalid. 07/30/07 - Easy way to make sure file size is as small as possible. 07/23/07 - How to freeze layers quickly. 07/16/07 - Toolbars that are pushed out of sight. 07/09/07 - Another way to close an AutoCAD session. 07/02/07 - Using the LWT button to preview line weights. 06/25/07 - Options for redefining block definitions. 06/18/07 - Quickly save and close multiple drawings. 06/11/07 - Save multiple files to a previous release quickly. 06/04/07 - How to extract geometry using the WBLOCK command. 05/28/07 - Re-insert images with the Image Manager. 05/21/07 - Using saved views in paper space viewports. 05/14/07 - A quicker way to perform page setups. 05/07/07 - How the panning area is determined for scroll bars. 04/30/07 - Optional method to access the object snap overrides. 04/23/07 - How to close the Properties palette quickly. 04/16/07 - The FLASH PREVIOUS tool in PostalCAD. 04/09/07 - Using Osnap's with the ZOOM command. 04/02/07 - What to do when lines don't highlight. 03/26/07 - How to see drawings in ZIP files using AutoCAD. 03/19/07 - How to set the global default line weight for printing. 03/12/07 - Enacting menu behavior for mouse and keys. 03/05/07 - When will picking left to right use the crossing option? 02/26/07 - Modifying cell borders. 02/19/07 - Using blocks within table cells. 02/12/07 - Toggling the coordinate entry display. 02/05/07 - Placing toolbars in the command line. 01/29/07 - How to determine the name of a docked toolbar. 01/22/07 - Modifying the scale list. 01/15/07 - Where to find the Point Filter Osnap's. 01/08/07 - Shortcuts to inserting AS504 blocks.

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