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Windows For AutoCAD Users
This 2 day beginner's course is intended to give the basics of Windows required by new users as well as some productivity tips and shortcuts for all users. This course fills the pre-requisite need of our
AutoCAD Level 1 course. If
you are going to maintain your own computer and not be reliant on someone else
to do it, this course will give you some basic "housekeeping" skills.
WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE:
Designers who plan to take our
AutoCAD
level 1 course and don't have adequate Windows Training/Knowledge.
Any Windows
2000 or XP users who want to learn basics and AutoCAD related productivity tips. INCLUDED WITH THE COURSE: 2 days of Autodesk Certified Instructor Led Training and
Personal Coaching/Tutoring for:
Correct application of commands
Good work habits
Productivity Tips
Shortcuts
Important features that shorten the work.
Microsoft Windows, Step by Step Instruction Manual + Notes and videos.
EKHO Windows Keyboard
Menu Strip with approx. 100+ shortcuts, tips, macros and function key labels. Free telephone support
for 90 days on related topics after the course. Free repeat of the course if it was too fast for you. (within 90 days, in an empty seat) FILES
AutoCAD Files (.DWG, .DXF, .BAK, .MNU, .LSP)
Large Files - using WINZIP to compress
and decompress files.
Copying, Moving, Deleting, Renaming, Filtering, Sorting
Shared devices (CD-ROM,
DVD-R, USB Flash drives, Floppy Disk, Network drives, Zip disks, Jaz Drives) FILE MANAGEMENT
Windows Explorer
(ÿ +E)
Finding lost files
(ÿ +F)
Special File attributes (Author, Title, keywords)
Directories/Folders - Creating, Moving, Changing
Backup - WINZIP, USB Flash drive,
Firewire drives. (Xcopy /d/s) TASK SWITCHING
Alt-TAB shortcut
Task Bar at bottom of screen.
Task Manager
(XP/Windows 2000) Windows Editing
Cut, Copy, Paste (Ctrl X, Ctrl C, Ctrl V) to the Windows Clipboard.
Select All (Ctrl A)
Undo
/ Redo (Ctrl Z / Ctrl Y) (works in
all Windows applications, including AutoCAD) MAJOR FEATURES OF AutoCAD in the WINDOWS Operating System
Text Screen Features
of AutoCAD
Help and how to use
in Windows, AutoCAD, other applications.
Finding lost files with AutoCAD's
Design Center vs. Windows' Explorer.
Drag & Drop. (.dwg, .lsp)
File Dialogue boxes vs. command line.
OLE/DDE
Clipboard Support - Windows Objects vs. AutoCAD objects. CUSTOMIZING WINDOWS
/ AutoCAD
Creating custom
desktop icons and folders.
Customizing the EKHO Strip for Windows
ACAD.PGP file purpose COMMUNICATION
Using the Internet as an AutoCAD user. Autodesk Web Site
e-mail, AutoCAD attachments - .dwg, .dwf,
ZIP, .EXE,
e-mail, HTML vs. text based, Receipts - Server sent vs. User sent
Creating/Viewing/Printing Autodesk .DWF
and Adobe .PDF files. (AutoCAD Express Viewer)