File Open option / 'F' keys shortcuts

[BuntyBunty]

Greetings,

 

I have a couple of problems with Autocad 2008 and have not had any luck trying to resolve them.

 

1) When I click the open button an open command shows up in the command dialogue box at the bottom and I have to enter the path and file name manually which is a pain because I can't save as either so I've resorted to opening files from windows explorer which I don't want to have to keep doing. Can anyone help with this?

 

2) My 'F' keys don't seem to work esp F3 (osnap) and F8 (ortho) and I can't find how to sort this in the help options. Again can anyone help?

 

These may seem trivial but they are causing me some grief so I would be grateful if anyone can help.

 

Many thanks. Bunty.

[Tiger]

for 1) - set FILEDIA to 1

[bonehead411]

for 2) - does your keyboard have double function F keys? If it does, you may just need to hit the F lock key to switch to the usual functions.

[BuntyBunty]

Tiger and Bonehead411, thanks a lot guys both of these worked a treat. Take it easy. BB