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Title Bar, Toolbars, Tooltips

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Title Bar Displays the name of the program and the name of the current drawing file. The AutoSketch title bar extends across the top of the application window. The title bar Toolbars Provide buttons that allow you to do drawing tasks. (You can also use menus to perform the same tasks.) When a toolbar button has a triangle in its lowerright corner, you can click and hold the button to access additional items, called toolsets. The All-In-One toolbar with the Circle toolset displayed You can move a toolbar by clicking near its left edge and dragging it to its new location. You can also place toolbars next to one another and dock them in the drawing window. Tooltips Display the name or the function of toolbar buttons. Hold your pointer over a tool to display its tooltip. Example of a tooltip To display a more detailed explanation of the tool, click the Help button (on the Standard toolbar), and then click a toolbar button. 30 | Chapter 3 AutoSketch Basics

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Chapter 3
AutoSketch Basics
Title Bar
Displays the name of the program and the name of the current drawing file.
The AutoSketch title bar extends across the top of the application window.
The title bar
Toolbars
Provide buttons that allow you to do drawing tasks. (You can also use menus
to perform the same tasks.) When a toolbar button has a triangle in its lower-
right corner, you can click and hold the button to access additional items,
called
toolsets
.
The All-In-One toolbar with the Circle toolset displayed
You can move a toolbar by clicking near its left edge and dragging it to its
new location. You can also place toolbars next to one another and dock them
in the drawing window.
Tooltips
Display the name or the function of toolbar buttons. Hold your pointer over
a tool to display its tooltip.
Example of a tooltip
To display a more detailed explanation of the tool, click the Help button (on
the Standard toolbar), and then click a toolbar button.