AutoCAD Tips Newsletter: Lock the user interface and copy objects between drawings

Dear Subscriber, Please forward this newsletter to colleagues who want to learn more about AutoCAD. If you received this newsletter from a colleague, sign up for your own copy at EllenFinkelstein.com. It can be frustrating when the user interface doesn't behave or you want to quickly copy an object without a fuss. Here are 2 tips that should reduce your frustration level! In this issue: How to lock AutoCAD's interface Copy objects between -- and within -- drawings Click the image to save money on purchases! 1. How to lock AutoCAD's interface This is a guest blog post from Paul Munford. I think you'll appreciate both the content and his sense of humor. It's happened to all of us. A car outside backfires, a door slams or a cheeky college sneaks up behind you and gives you a tickle; before you know it your AutoCAD user interface is a mess! Here's a quick tip to share with you that can prevent your Ribbon tabs, Toolbars or Tool palettes accidentally being nudged around the screen... Read more! 2. How to copy objects between -- and within -- drawings Copying objects from one drawing to another is a common task. You can use the Windows Clipboard and the drag-and-drop methods. When working with 2 drawings open, choose View tab> Windows panel> Tile Vertically (or Horizontally) to view both drawings at the same time. A reader recently pointed out that this blog post was out of date, because the shortcut menu has changed, so I updated it and thought I'd share it with you. Learn these techniques The most comprehensive book on AutoCAD AutoCAD 2012 & AutoCAD LT 2012 Bible Order the latest edition of my best-selling book, which I believe to be the most comprehensive book available on AutoCAD. It comes with a DVD full of drawings that you'll use for the numerous exercises. It's a combination of a resource book (so you can look up any topic you need to know about) and tutorial (so you can learn AutoCAD step-by-step). Have you bought a copy? Click Reply and let me know what you think! I'd appreciate it! Check it out! * * * * * Learn all about blocks in this thorough 69-page e-book, including the basics, dynamic blocks, attributes, annotative blocks, extracting data, and more! Includes drawings for numerous exercises. Only $10! Click here to purchase. (Full disclosure: I get 30%.) More You can find the latest tips in my AutoCAD Tips Blog .You can receive this newsletter via RSS news feed (instead of via e-mail) if you want. At the AutoCAD Tips Blog, look for the RSS button on the right. (The text says "Posts.") For more tips, go to www.ellenfinkelstein.com/AutoCAD_tips.html. For my AutoCAD books and other items, go to my e-store. You can sponsor this newsletter, or place an ad in it. Reach over 7,000 committed AutoCAD users. Contact me. If you want to reprint or reuse any of the content in my newsletters or on my site for your own newsletter, contact me. Happy designing and drawing, Ellen Finkelstein EllenFinkelstein.com Check out my Amazon page! Follow me on Twitter! (www.twitter.com/EFinkelstein) Use the links below to manage your subscription: Change your e-mail address; this opens a new e-mail message. Please give me both your old and new e-mail addresses. To subscribe, go to www.ellenfinkelstein.com/acad_submit.html.    ©2011 Ellen Finkelstein, Inc. | 2010 Coral Lane, Fairfield, IA 52556

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