The following illustration shows how the information on the Reference tab changes as you move your mouse

over a different command name.

Using the Tutorial

AutoCAD Land Desktop has an online tutorial that you can use to learn the basic program concepts. The tutorial is set up in lessons that you can perform sequentially or non-sequentially. Access the online tutorial by choosing the AutoCAD Land Desktop Tutorials command from the Help menu. Double-click the AutoCAD Land Desktop Tutorial book icon and double-click the first page to start the tutorial. Click the Browse button to move through the tasks in the tutorial. The tutorial window stays on top of the AutoCAD Land Desktop window so it stays visible while you perform the steps. If you prefer to print the tutorial, select AutoCAD Land Desktop Tutorials from the Help menu to display the contents window, click the AutoCAD Land Desktop Tutorial book icon, and then click Print at the bottom of the contents window.

Using this Getting Started Guide

This guide introduces you to AutoCAD Land Desktop. Each chapter focuses on one or two areas of the land development process, and each topic describes how you can use one or more commands to complete a project task. Some sections in this guide have numbered steps that you can perform to complete a task, such as setting up the point database. To the right of certain

Finding Information

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steps in a task are titles of relevant Help topics. For example, you can use the Search tab in the Help to locate the topic, Changing the Point Database Setup Settings. To set up the point database
Step Use to locate

1 From the Points menu, choose Point Management Changing the Point Point Database Setup to display the Point Database Setup Database Setup Settings dialog box.

The following example describes how you can locate a specific topic title in the Help. To use Help to locate a topic title
Steps 1 Start Help by using one of the methods listed in Accessing Help on page 8. 2 Click .

The following illustration shows the Search tab.

3 In the edit box on the Search tab, enter a question and then press Enter. 4 Select a Help option in from the List of Components to Search, for example AutoCAD Land Desktop Users Guide.

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Chapter 1

Introduction