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NOTE All screen shots and dialog boxes in this guide display AutoCAD LT in the title bar. For the explanations and tutorials in the Getting Started guide, there is no difference whether you use AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT. The features presented are identical. Get Additional Information Additional resources are available when you need more information. From the Help menu, you can access the following resources: ■ Help provides procedures, conceptual information, and command descriptions. You can also press F1 at the Command prompt, in a dialog box, or at a prompt within a command to display Help information. ■ New Features Workshop provides a series of overviews about new features. ■ Additional Resources provides several options for additional help from the Web. Access Related Topics in the Help System Keyword references are displayed at the end of most Getting Started topics. For example, the following information indicates that you can find concepts, procedures, commands, and system variables related to the LINE command by entering line in the Index tab of the Help window. LINE Try it: Locate a Help topic using a keyword ■ Start AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT and press the F1 key. Then follow the steps in the illustration. 4 Click to display a concept related to the selected topic 5 Click to list procedures related to the selected topic 6 Click to list commands related to the selected topic 1 Click the Index tab 2 Enter a keyword 3 Double-click to view a topic Get Additional Information | 23

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NOTE
All screen shots and dialog boxes in this guide display AutoCAD LT in the title bar. For the
explanations and tutorials in the
Getting Started
guide, there is no difference whether you use AutoCAD
or AutoCAD LT. The features presented are identical.
Get Additional Information
Additional resources are available when you need more information. From the Help menu, you can
access the following resources:
Help
provides procedures, conceptual information, and command descriptions. You can also
press F1 at the Command prompt, in a dialog box, or at a prompt within a command to display
Help information.
New Features Workshop
provides a series of overviews about new features.
Additional Resources
provides several options for additional help from the Web.
Access Related Topics in the Help System
Keyword references are displayed at the end of most Getting Started topics. For example, the
following information indicates that you can find concepts, procedures, commands, and system
variables related to the LINE command by entering line in the Index tab of the Help window.
LINE
Try it: Locate a Help topic using a keyword
Start AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT and press the F1 key. Then follow the steps in the illustration.
2
Enter a
keyword
3
Double-click to
view a topic
4
Click to display a concept
related to the selected topic
5
Click to list
procedures related to
the selected topic
6
Click to list
commands related to
the selected topic
1
Click the
Index tab