I'm totally new to AutoCAD, and i realize that this topic may have been covered before, but i just couldn't find a satisfactory answer.
I'm working on a 15" portable, and i find the real estate pretty tight for dawing and designing.
The working area used by AutoCAD needs to be maximized...
So, i cobbled a solution that works quite well and i thought others may find it useful as well, especially newbies like me....
version : using AutoCAD 2015
example : switching to full screen with the Draw and Dimension toolbars activated
solution : recording a macro that will do all the work
start : Ribbon / Manage / Record
macro : on the command line, type
(1) CLEANSCREENON (AutoCAD switches immediately. Just keep typing the commands...)
(2) RIBBON (the ribbon reappears as it was before the swtch to full screen)
(3) -TOOLBAR : Draw / Show (the toolbar does NOT appear immediately)
(4) -TOOLBAR : Dimension / Show (again, the toolbar probably does NOT appear)
macro : stop recording
name : choose and enter a name you'll remember (mac-FullScreen, for instance, is easy to remember and to find amongst the commands)
At this point, the macro is done and functional. So, go back to the regular screen (Control-0 for simplicity) and test it.
On the command line, type the name of your macro and press Enter.
Ta Da ! AutoCAD switches into FullScreen mode (oops... CleanScreen, as they say), with the ribbon and toolbars visible and available.
This works perfectly in AutoCAD 2015. I have no idea if it works in previous versions. I hope it does.