If this isn’t working for you, check the OPTIONS dialog box > Selection tab > and in the “Selection modes” area, make sure that the By using the SELECTSIMILAR command or right-click option you can choose a single object and automatically select all of the similar objects in your drawing – often saving a lot of time. Now you have most readable as default option. You can pick single object when AutoCAD ask you to select objects.
1) Right-click anywhere in the drawing area (with no objects selected) and choose Options from the right-click menu. In this post I talked about Selection Preview in AutoCAD.
Re: Properties dialog box/quick select not working Hi Give repair a try first, the following link is to the AutoCAD 2002 Service Pack 1 Readme file, it contains instructions on how to carry out a repair (the procedure should be near enough the same for AutoCAD 2000) - 3.Autocad multiple selection not working All the objects which are completely inside this solid window will be selected, as shown in the