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Chapter 4 Opening & Saving Drawings
You can have more than one drawing file open at a time. The exact number
of files that can be open depends on the amount of memory in your system
and the complexity of the drawing files. When you open a drawing file,
AutoSketch displays the drawing in a new window on top of any open
drawing windows.
To preserve a drawing file for later use, you must save it. If you have already
saved the drawing previously, you can save any changes using the Save
command on the File menu. You can save a new drawing, save the drawing
under a new name, or save the drawing using a different file type using the
Save As command.
Opening a Drawing File
Quickly open any of the last four or eight drawings you have worked on (you
specify four or eight in the Drawing Options dialog box) by clicking the file
names that appear at the bottom of the File menu. You can open any other
drawing, including drawings stored on Internet or FTP locations, using the
Open command on the File menu.
You can open a file as read-only to protect you from accidentally making
changes to an important drawing. If you check the Open as Read-Only check
box and then try to save changes, AutoSketch displays a message that the file
is read-only. If you need to modify the original, open it without using the
read-only feature.
To open a recently opened, saved, or closed drawing
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On the File menu, click the name of the drawing you want to open. The
last few files you opened are listed near the bottom of the File menu.
To open an existing drawing
1 On the File menu, click Open, or click the Open File button on the
Standard toolbar. The Open Drawing File dialog box appears.
2 Navigate to the folder where the drawing is located using one of the
following methods:
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Choose the drive and folder using standard Windows navigation
procedures.
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Choose a location from the Places List on the left side of the dialog box
to navigate directly to the My Documents folder (or the Personal folder,
depending on which operating system you are using), the Desktop, or
the Favorites folder.