If, for some reason, the Noun/Verb Selection method is not available, follow these steps to turn it on:
Choose Tools Options. Then, in the Options dialog box, click the Selection tab.
In the Selection Modes group , click the Noun/Verb Selection check box.
Click OK.
You should now see a small square at the intersection of the crosshair cursor. This square is actually a pickbox superimposed on the cursor. It tells you that you can select objects, even while the command prompt appears at the bottom of the screen and no command is currently active. As you saw earlier, the square will momentarily disappear when you are in a command that asks you to select points.
You can also turn on Noun/Verb Selection by entering ¢ Pickfirst at the command prompt. At the New value for PICKFIRST <0>: prompt, enter 1 (entering turns the Pickfirst function off). The Pickfirst system variable is stored in the AutoCAD configuration file. See Appendix C for more on system variables .