b command, 234
background
cell color, 289
drawing area, 7
rendered images, 197–198, 197–198
Background dialog box, 197, 197
Background Fill option, 289
Background Mask dialog box, 269, 269
background masks, 268–269, 269
Backspace key, 22
Backwards option, 277
base points and Base Point option
blocks, 234–235, 241
grips, 116–117
with Move, 135
providing, 137
Baseline option, 297
Baseline Dimension option, 297–298, 298
Baseline Spacing option, 315
Baseline tool, 296
BATTING linetype, 225
Below Primary Value option, 322
Beside The Dimension Line option, 319
bisecting construction lines, 105–106, 106
bitmap images, 127
black and white, printing colors in, 351
Block Authoring palette, 145–146
Block Definition dialog box
annotation scale, 238–239, 239
creating blocks, 234–235, 234
descriptions, 254, 257
options in, 235–236
Block Editor, 241
Block Editor toolbar, 146
Block Editor window, 145–146, 146
Block option for Divide and Measure, 104
Block Unit option, 236
blocks, 233
annotation scale for, 238–240, 239–240
creating, 234–235, 234
editing, 145–147, 145–146, 241
exploding, 147
importing, 240–241, 241, 251
inserting, 237–238, 237
layers for, 206
options for, 235–236
saving, 242, 242
scaling and rotating, 237–238, 238
trimming and extending, 132
vs. xref files, 250–251
Bold tool, 266
Boolean operations
in help searches, 30
for regions, 107
BORDER linetypes, 224
Border Offset Factor option, 269
borders
in layout, 342
for tables, 288–289, 288–289
Borders tab, 292
Both Text and Arrows option, 319
Bottom Left option, 92
Bottom Right option, 92
boundaries
hatch patterns, 91, 91, 95–100, 96
text, 267
Boundary Hatch command, 85, 96
boundary retention option, 97
Boundary Set options, 97
boundary windows, 267
Box Mapping option, 189
Box mapping style, 190, 190
Box tool, 156
br command, 144
brackets ([]) for options, 13
Break command, 144–145
Break option, 149
breaking
objects, 144–145
polylines, 149
Browse For Folder dialog box, 338, 338
Browse option, 256
ByBlock setting, 232
ByLayer setting, 205, 230