Take Ctrl

There are a bunch of quick things you can do with the control (Ctrl) key in AutoCAD. I will quickly go through them....


Ctrl+C - Copy to Clipboard
Ctrl+X - Cut to clipboard
Crtl+V - Paste from Clipboard
Crtl+R - toggle between viewports
If you have two or more viewportss in paperspace you can switch between active viewports with Ctrl+R

Ctrl+P - Plot
Ctrl+O - open
Ctrl+N - new drawing
Ctrl+S - Quick Save
Ctrl+Shift+S - Save As
Ctrl+Q - Quit
Ctrl+A - Select All
Ctrl+F - Toggle OSnap on/off
Ctrl+G - toggle grid on/off
Ctrl+L - Toggle Ortho on/off
Crtl+Tab - toggle between open drawings
Ctrl+1 - Toggle on/off properties palette
Ctrl+2 - Toggle on/off design center palette
Ctrl+3 - Toggle on/off tool palette
Ctrl+4 - Toggle on/off Sheet Set Manger
Crtl+9 - toggle command line on/off
Ctrl+0 - Toggle on/off clean screen