
AutoCAD2011ProductivityStudy
20 ©2010DavidS.Cohn
Althoughthetestsdidnottakeintoconsiderationanyoftheotherdifferencesbetweentheoperatingsystems,
oneshouldalsonoteseveralotherfeaturesandfunctionsavailablewhenrunningWindows7.AutoCAD2011
leveragestheLiveTaskbarPreviewfunctionalityinWindows7.WiththeWindows7LiveTaskbarPreview,
when
youmovethecursorovertheAutoCADiconontheWindowstaskbar,youseeapreviewimageofeach
drawingcurrentlyopeninAutoCAD2011(asshowninFigure10).Youcanclickonapreviewimagetoquickly
workonthatdrawingorevenclosethedrawingusingthepreview
image.IfAutoCAD2011appearsinthelist
ofrecentprogramsintheStartmenu,italsostoresa“jumplist”ofmostrecentlyopenedfiles.Youcanthen
loadoneofthosefiles(orstartAutoCAD2011andloadthefile)bysimplyclickingonitinthelist.
Youcanalso
pinfilessothattheyremaininthislist.Thejumplistalsoappearswhenyouright‐clickonthetaskbaricon.
ThesejumplistsareshowninFigure11.ThisadditionalfunctionalitywhenrunningWindows7couldfurther
improveoverallproductivity.
Figure10:TheWindows7LiveTaskbarPreviewletsyoupreviewandswitchtoanopendrawing.
Figure11:Windows7“jumplists”enableyoutoquicklyloadrecentlyaccesseddrawings.
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