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Michael’s Corner - January 2012

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So a new year is upon us and it's a good time to begin as we mean to go on. Let's all resolve to learn more in 2012 and make our working lives easier. And for those who are unfortunate enough to be out of work, learning more is the best way to improve your chances of new employment in the future.

The Winter (here in the northern hemisphere) isn't over yet but it's hard not to look forward to Spring. As we know, Spring usually means a new version of AutoCAD and this year, the big question is nothing to do with what the new AutoCAD will bring in terms of features but what exactly Autodesk are going to call it. Will it really be called "AutoCAD 2013"? Somehow I doubt it and those of you old enough to remember AutoCAD Release 13 will know why. If you have some good ideas what you think the next version of AutoCAD will be called, let me know.

Let's get back to this month and talk about the January edition of Michael's Corner. Michael once again delivers a series of articles cast from the wisdom gained on his travels; this time to Guam and his presentation at Autodesk University (did you see him there?). Topics this month include Autodesk Apps for AutoCAD, block rotation parameters, a look at the AutoCAD 2012 view controls and a number of must-know tips for beginners. Happy New Year from CAD Tutor.

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Check SpellingYou can spell check one or more blocks of text using AutoCAD's in-built spell checker. Select ToolsSpelling from the pull-down menu or just type SPELL at the command line. When prompted, select as many blocks of text as you like and then hit Return (Enter). What you get is the Check Spelling dialogue box, which works in exactly the same way as the spell checker in Microsoft Word.

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