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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Global and Special Dialog Functions</div>
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      <div class="title_division">About Global and Special Functions</div>
      <div class="title_division">Global</div>
      <p class="para_division">Global Functions are accessed from the menu bar. Most Global Functions display one or more dialogs. You can complete a few Global Functions in a single step and do not display a dialog, such as File&rarr;Save.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Special</div>
      <p class="para_division">Special functions are available at almost all times during an NX session. Special Functions include:</p>
      <p class="para_division">View Format&rarr;Layer Settings Format&rarr;Visible in View Format&rarr;Layer Category Format&rarr;Layout WCS Information Preferences</p>
      <div class="title_division">Differences Between Global and Special Functions</div>
      <p class="para_division">Note the following differences between global and special functions. </p>
      <div class="title_division">Global</div>
      <p class="para_division">If a Global Function is already active and you select another Global Function, NX closes the dialogs associated with the active global Function and replaces them with recently selected Global Function.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">If a Global Function is already active and you select a Special Function, NX does NOT close the dialogs associated with the active Global Function. When you complete the Special Function (dialog), NX reactivates the previous Global Function.</p>
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