Using Layers to Organize Your Drawing - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 267

The grips appear, indicating the objects are selected. For lines, grips
appear at each endpoint and at the midpoint of each segment; for
polylines, they appear at each endpoint, and a stretch grip appears at
the midpoint of each linear segment. When endpoints of lines coin-
cide, their grips overlap. When lines are very short, their grips might
appear to overlap, but that is just the result of the zoom factor.
3. Click the Quick Properties button in the status bar. The Quick
Properties panel opens in the drawing, as shown in Figure 6.21.
FiGuRE 6.21 The Quick Properties panel
4. Click in the Layer field; then click to expand the Layer drop-down list
and choose the A-DECK-STRS layer, as shown in Figure 6.22.
FiGuRE 6.22 Assigning the objects to the Steps layer
All ten polylines representing the stairs are now on the Steps layer.
5. Press the Esc key to deselect the objects and remove the grips. Even
when it is turned on, the Quick Properties panel disappears when no
objects are selected.