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Lesson: Navigating the Working Environment 7
Keyboard Input
Using the keyboard is familiar to everyone who works with computers. For much of the work that you
do in AutoCAD you use the keyboard, but you use a few keystrokes more often than others.
Special Keys
You use the following keys most often. These keys have special meaning to the software.
Use the ESC key to cancel all current actions and return to the Command: prompt.
Press the ENTER key following all keyboard input. You also complete many commands by pressing
ENTER.
Pressing the SPACEBAR is equivalent to pressing the ENTER key and is often easier to use.
Pressing the SPACEBAR or ENTER at the Command: prompt repeats the last command used.
Pressing the UP and DOWN arrow keys will cycle through previous commands used.
The TAB key is especially useful to navigate in a dialog box. You should use the TAB key to move
from field to field. Be careful not to press ENTER.
Function Keys
The use of each of the function keys can be duplicated in other ways with the exception of F2. You may
find that the on-screen equivalents to the function keys are easier and allow you to keep your eyes on
the screen.
Option
Description
F1
Displays Help
F2
Toggles Text Window
F3
Toggles OSNAP
F4
Toggles TABMODE
F5
Toggles ISOPLANE
F6
Toggles UCSDETECT (Not available in AutoCAD LT)
F7
Toggles GRIDMODE
F8
Toggles ORTHOMODE
F9
Toggles SNAPMODE
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