Selecting Images

The following table explains two methods for selecting images:

Image Selection Methods
  Frame Selection Method Shift+Left-Click Method
Action

Click the frame.

Use an AutoCAD crossing window to select the frame edge.

Press Shift while clicking the image(s) with the left button of your mouse.
Result AutoCAD grips appear at the corners of the image frame. If you click more than one image, the Image Select dialog box is displayed, where you can select the images to include.

AutoCAD grips appear at the corners of the selected image frame.

Advantages You can do this either before or after selecting a command. You can do this when image frames are turned off, or when the image frame is outside your active window.
Disadvantages The frame must be visible in the drawing. You must do this before selecting a command.