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298 Chapter 13 Move Up and Move Down You can highlight a scale in the list, then use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to rearrange the list. Only one

scale at a time can be moved using these buttons; selecting multiple scales disables the Mone Up and Move Down options. Add Select the Add button to produce the Add Scale dialog box (Fig. 13-35) where you can add entries to the list of scales. The Name appearing in scale list can contain numbers or letters, as shown in the figure. Enter the desired ratio of paper units to drawing units in the edit boxes below. Edit Selecting the Edit button in the Edit Drawing Scales dialog box (see Fig. 13-34) produces a dialog box (not shown) similar to the Add Scale dialog bax; however, you can change only the ratio of paper units to drawing units, not the scale name. Vieuport Scale pop-up list Viewport toolbar drop-down list Plot dialog box Page Setup dialog box Properties palette Layout Wizard Sheet Set Manager FIGURE 13-35 A Add Sale Chspace Ribbon Saappiin scale Scale properes Menu Bar Delete You can remove scales from the list by highlighting one or more scales (select multiple scales by holding down the Ctrl or Shift keys while selecting), then pressing Delete. OK Reset The Reset option removes all the customized scales and restores the default list of scales. In this case you will lose all the scales you added, moved, or otherwise edited. A warning appears requiring your con- firmation to reset the list to the defaults. Application of the Scale List Although this chapter has been primarily concerned with the scale list that appears in the Viewport toolbar drop-down list, editing the scale list using the Scalelistedit command affects all the scale lists that appear in AutoCAD including: Command (Type) Drawing Cance Hap Alias (Type) Shortcut

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