Owner's manual

2Ć8

To select multiple, contiguous instructions by drawing a

selection box

 Draw a selection box to encompass the instructions you want to

select. You can only select instructions that belong to the same

rung.

Step 1. Select an instruction.

Step 2.

While pressing SHIF

T, place the mouse pointer on the

selected instruction and press the left mouse button.

A selection box appears.

Step 3. While holding down the mouse button, drag the selection

box to encompass the instructions that you want to

select.

Tip

If the instructions you are selecting extend beyond where they are

displayed on the screen, you can scroll the screen to display the

remaining instructions by extending the selection box against any

side of the program window.

2.8 About Instruction Properties

The Instruction Properties dialog box contains two tabs:

Use this tab:

For:

Instruction

Info

 changing the instruction's type

 viewing the variable names used in the

instruction's input and output parameters

Variables  viewing the variables used in the instruction

 entering a variable description

 changing variable's data type, scope,

initialization, and display format

 specifying a maximum array index

To access Instruction Properties from the File menu

Step 1. Select an instruction.

Step 2. From the File menu, choose Properties. The Instruction

Properties dialog box is displayed.