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Changing the AccuDraw coordinate units

Ever wanted your AccuDraw window to display North (N) and East (E) coordinates instead of X and Y? Well, you can change that! In the Key-in window (Utilities | Key-in) type the following:

accudraw settings northeast

The AccuDraw dialog box will look like the image below.

To change it back to XY, key-in:

accudraw settings xy

Thanks to Khoi Dinh-Vu of the Australian magazine ControlAltDelete for this tip.

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