Application Menu
The application menu displays after clicking on the Autodesk Inventor product icon in the upper left corner of the application window. You use the application menu to perform common tasks such as opening and closing files, accessing tools, searching for tools, modifying application options, and exiting Inventor.
Autodesk Inventor Application Menu
To expand the menu list for a menu item so you can access the tools related to that item, you must first either hover the cursor over the menu item until the menu expands or you click the right arrow.
In the following illustration, the application menu for Manage has been expanded so the tools within that menu can be accessed.
Manage
Viewing a List of Recent and Open Files
When you first display the application menu, a listing of files displays in the menu. This list of files is either a list of recently accessed files or a list of currently opened files. You toggle between showing the list of recent documents and open documents by clicking the corresponding button to the left of the list title. By default the list is ordered. You have other options for how you want the files to be displayed. You can change the file list to display different size icons or different size preview images.
In the following illustration, a portion of the application menu and file list is shown with both file list settings active. On the left, the list for recent documents is shown and the Recent Documents option identified. On the right, the list of currently open files is shown with the Open Documents option identified.
View Options
In the following illustration, the list of files has been set to display with small images. The option for selecting between icons and images and their size is shown being accessed.
View Options with Images
In the following illustration, the option for setting how the file list is sorted is shown being accessed. The results for organizing the list by type of file are shown below.
Order List
Order List II
As you open different files, the list of recently opened documents updates accordingly. If you want a document to continue to display in the list even after opening multiple files since the last time you opened the document, click the pin icon to the right of the file name. When the icon displays as a pin pushed in, that document continues to display in the list. Click the pin icon again to allow it to be removed from the list and return the icon back to a side view of a pin
In the following illustration, a portion of the application menu and file list is shown with both file list settings active. On the left, the list for recent documents is shown and the Recent Documents option identified. On the right, the list of currently open files is shown with the Open Documents option identified.
In the following illustration, the document Side Exhaust Manifold.iam has been pinned to the list of recent documents.
Files being Pinned
When you hover the cursor over a file in the recent or open documents list, a tooltip displays with information about that file. Along with information like the file location and the date it was modified, a preview image also displays.
Image Preview
Searching in the Application Menu 
There is a search tool within the application menu that enables you to quickly locate and launch tools that you may not frequently use and need help finding. This tool is a real-time search that begins the moment you start typing in the search field
Search Application Menu
You can enter any text character, symbol, or number in the search field and it is not case sensitive. The results for a search do depend on the environment that is currently active. Along with the name of the tool in the search results, the list also displays what ribbon tab and panel the tool can be accessed from. When the tool you want to use displays in the search results, you can start that tool just by clicking it in the list. If you press ENTER while your cursor is in the search field, the first search result in the list is automatically selected and the tool is executed. Any tool that is returned in the list but cannot be currently executed is disabled and displays dimmed
In the following illustration, the word constrain is being entered into the search field. Because the sketch environment was active when the search is being run, the results only return tools that relate to or that can be used within the sketch environment. The assembly related constraining tool is not listed
Search Application Options
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