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Setting a Current Library, To set the current symbol from an open drawing
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3 On the Symbols page tab, select the symbol library file you want to use. 4 Select a symbol name, then click Set Current. 5 Click Close. The symbol and the library from which it came both become current. To set the current symbol from an open drawing s Select a symbol in the current drawing. OR 1 In the Content Librarian, click the Symbol page tab. 2 Click the Explorer button, or click Symbol, Explore on the Draw menu. The Content Explorer appears. 3 Click the Drawings page tab, then click the title of an open drawing. 4 Select a symbol name, then click Set Current. 5 Click Close. The symbol becomes current but the current library doesn't change. TIP You can also right-click a symbol name and click Set Current Symbol on the pop-up menu or simply double-click the symbol. Setting a Current Library There are several ways to choose a current library. One simple way is to use the Symbol Explorer to choose a current symbol from a library, which automatically makes that library current, too. You can change symbol libraries without changing the current symbol. You have the option of creating a new library at the same time you create a new symbol definition. If you do so, that library contains the new symbol and becomes the current library. For more information see "Creating Symbol Definitions" on page 173. A new library created in the Symbol Explorer doesn't automatically become the current library. To select the current symbol library without changing the current symbol 1 In the Content Librarian, click the Symbol page tab. 2 Click the Explorer button, or click Symbol, Explore on the Draw menu. The Content Explorer appears. 3 On the Symbols page tab, select a symbol library file. 4 Click Set Current, then click Close. 182 | Chapter 14 Symbols