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As you work with commands, note that right-clicking in the drawing area
either acts as ENTER or displays a shortcut menu. You can control this
behavior in the Options dialog box or with the SHORTCUTMENU system
variable.
Starting Commands
You can start a command by doing one of the following:
■
Select the command from a menu, toolbar, status bar, or shortcut menu.
■
Enter the command name or command alias at the Command prompt and
press ENTER or SPACEBAR .
In this Command Reference, near the beginning of each command description
is a command access section, listing the specific ways you can start that
command. For example, following is the command access section for the PAN
command:
Standard toolbar:
View menu: Pan
➤
Realtime
Shortcut menu: With no objects selected, right-click in the drawing area, and
choose Pan.
Command line: pan (or 'pan for transparent use)
The availability of certain shortcut menus depends on the current setting of
the SHORTCUTMENU system variable. The instructions in the command
access sections assume that you have made the indicated menu available.
You can exit a command at any time by pressing ESC .
Using Transparent Commands
In many cases, you can start a command while using another command. The
command you start is called a transparent command. For example, to turn
on the grid while drawing a line, you can start the GRID command
transparently by preceding the command with an apostrophe. Two right angle
brackets (>>) precede prompts for transparent commands.
Command: line
Specify first point: 'grid
>>Specify grid spacing(X) or [ON/OFF/Snap/Aspect] <current>: on
Resuming LINE command
Specify first point:
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