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FIGURE 1.1 Elements of the Inventor user interface
Across the top of the Inventor window is the title bar. It lets you know you're
using Autodesk Inventor, or it displays the name of the active file when you're
editing one.
In the upper-left corner is an icon with a large I on it. Clicking it opens the
Application menu (Figure 1.2), which displays tools for creating and manipu-
lating files (on the left) and a list of recently opened files (on the right). If you
want to be able to return to a file frequently, you can select the pushpin icon
to the right of the filename and keep it on the list of recently accessed files.
You can also toggle the list between recent documents and the documents that
are currently open and change the list from filenames to icons showing the files.
At the top (on the right side) is a Search Commands window for finding tools
that are available in the file you are editing. As you begin typing a tool name or
more conceptual term a list of options based on the entry will be generated. You
can then start the tool from that list. The location of the tool in the Ribbon is
also displayed for future reference.
Just below that you will find icons that sort how previously opened files are
listed and a drop-down menu for the size of the icon displayed.
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