Help Menu
With the removal of the menu bars, the commands to access Help features have been moved into the
InfoCenter at the top right of the application window. Here, you can find the Help menu that lets you access
Help, Tutorials, and other interactive resources.
Help menu
Communication Center
Communication Center is accessed from the InfoCenter toolbar. This resource displays links to information
about product updates and product announcements, and may include links to Subscription Center, CAD
Manager specified files, and RSS feeds.
F1 Context Help
For many commands and dialogs you can access a context-related Help topic using one of the following
methods:
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Press F1 while a command is active or a dialog is open.
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Press F1 while a ribbon tooltip is displayed.
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Click the Help button in a dialog.
Tooltips
In addition to interactive tooltips that help you to create and edit objects (see Direct Editing with Grips and
Dynamic Dimensions), AutoCAD MEP provides tooltips that display information about the command,
option, or file over which you pause the cursor.
Command Tooltips
A short description displays whenever you pause the cursor over a command in any of the following locations:
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The ribbon
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The Quick Access toolbar
For some commands, an extended tooltip displays after a user-specified time interval.
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