autocad 2013 Installation Guide

AutoCAD 2013

Installation Guide

January 2012

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Contents

Chapter 1 Stand-alone Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

About Stand-Alone Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

About Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

About Administrative Permission Requirements . . . . . . . 3

About Locating Your Serial Number and Product Key . . . . . 3

About Installing and Running the Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

About Installing AutoCAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

About Registering and Activating AutoCAD . . . . . . . . . . 6

About Launching AutoCAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

About Uninstalling AutoCAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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