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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Tip Date: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oct 25, 2004&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td align="left" colspan="2" valign="top"&gt;To quickly open an attached reference, do a &lt;em&gt;right-click &amp;gt; exchange&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;This action will close your open file, and open the selected reference. But wait...that&amp;#39;s not all!&lt;br /&gt;MicroStation will also preserve your view settings! This eliminates the need for you to locate the area you were viewing in the active file. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One note to this is explained by &lt;em&gt;Barry Bentley&lt;/em&gt;: It only preserves your view if the reference is attached coincidentally and matches the dimensionality of the master file.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Original Tip Date: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oct 25, 2004&lt;/em&gt;
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			&lt;td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"&gt;To quickly open an attached reference, do a &lt;em&gt;right-click &amp;gt; exchange&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
			This action will close your open file, and open the selected reference. But wait...that's not all!&lt;br /&gt;
			MicroStation will also preserve your view settings! This eliminates the need for you to locate the area you were viewing in the active file. &lt;br /&gt;
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			One note to this is explained by &lt;em&gt;Barry Bentley&lt;/em&gt;: It only preserves your view if the reference is attached coincidentally and matches the dimensionality of the master file.&lt;br /&gt;
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