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5. PCB Layout (continued)

5.3 Taskbar

The taskbar is shown below:

It contains 8 pictorial buttons which are shortcuts for the following menu items:

- New
- Open
- Save
- Cut
- Copy
- Paste
- Print
- About

These are followed by 5 drop-down menus for setting the units and grids used by FreePCB. These are:

- Units - select mils or mm for dimensional units
- Visible - sets the spacing of a rectangular array of dots in the layout window, as a visual reference
- Placement - sets a snap grid for placing parts, text, etc.
- Routing - sets a snap grid for routing traces and drawing copper areas
- Angle - sets a snap angle (in degrees) for routing and drawing polylines such as the board outline and copper areas

The default entries for the drop-down menus (except the Angle menu) are in the default.cfg file in the folder which contains FreePCB.exe. When a project is created, they are copied into the options section of the project file. They may be modified by editing either file with a text editor such as Notepad.

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