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Programming with STEP 7
Manual, 05/2010, A5E02789666-01 539
24 Printing and Archiving
24.1 Printing Project Documentation
Once you have finished creating the program for your automation task, you can print out all the
important data for project documentation purposes using the print functions integrated in STEP 7.
Parts of the Project You Can Print
You can print the contents of objects both directly from the SIMATIC Manager and by opening the
respective object and starting the print procedure.
The following parts of a project can be printed directly via the SIMATIC Manager:
• Object tree (structure of the project/library)
• Object lists (contents of an object folder)
• Object contents
• Messages
By opening the respective object, the following parts of a project can be printed:
• Blocks in Ladder Logic, Statement List, or Function Block Diagram representation or in other
languages (optional software)
• Symbol table with the symbolic names for absolute addresses
• Configuration table with the arrangement of modules in the programmable controller and the
module parameters
• Diagnostic buffer content
• Variable table with monitor formats, and monitor and modify values
• Reference data; such as cross-reference lists, assignment lists, program structures, lists of
unused addresses, lists of addresses without symbols
• Global data table
• Module information with the module status
• Operator related texts (user texts and text libraries)
• Documents from optional packages such as other programming languages
DOCPRO Optional Package
To create, edit, and print standardized wiring manuals you can use the optional software package
DOCPRO. This creates plant documentation that fulfils the DIN and ANSI standards.