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AutoCAD 2009 – Tooltips are bad for my sanity

16 April 2008 at 9:01 pm » Comments (7)

In the general scheme of things, this is a relatively trivial issue, but it's sometimes the little things that get under my skin. Winner of this year's prize for most ...more »

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