Tools can be brought into operation (called) using one of the following methods
- Clicking on the tool’s icon in its panel in the ribbon. The below figure shows the Polyline tool being selected from the Draw panel.
![image-26](https://www.vskills.in/lms/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Image-26.png)
- Selecting the tool’s name from a panel in the ribbon
![image-27](https://www.vskills.in/lms/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Image-27.png)
- Entering the name of the tool at the keyboard, followed by a right-click.
- Entering an abbreviation for a tool’s name at the keyboard, followed by a right-click.