screen menu

HiHo; Go to AutoCad Help and search for "menu". It is explained very well.

In R14, the sequence is: tool>preferences>display Check Display AutoCAD screen menu in drawing windows

What makes pressing F1 any more difficult than posting a question here?

If you're using R14, see the other replies. If you're using 2000 or later, you can use (setenv "ScreenMenu" (itoa (- 1 (atoi (getenv "ScreenMenu"))))) to toggle the screen menu on and off.

If you're using a custom menu, though, remember that you need to include a

Paul Thanks for the reply, I am already using (setenv "ScreenMenu" (itoa (- 1 (atoi (getenv "ScreenMenu"))))) to toggle on & off. I have custom menu with a ***SCREEN section but what I couldn't find in F1 was how to display my screen menu and not acads.

Dave

I guess I don't understand your problem, then. AutoCAD will access the

If you're referring to having it automatically jump to the specific section of the ***SCREEN menu you currently need, you have to create appropriate subsections (i.e., the LINE command will display the **LINE subsection of the ***SCREEN menu). ___

i have acad.mnc and mymenu.mnc both loaded and i want to view my screen menu. is there a way of doing this

thanks dave

SORTED unload acad.mnc load mymenu.mnc (with menuload) reload acad.mnc

the screen menu in mymenu will be the dominant one

Dave