Omron NT-SERIES - SUPPORT TOOL FOR WINDOWS V4, Operation Manual

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6-10 Section Registering Created Elements (Symbol Manager Operation)
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6-10 Registering Created Elements (Symbol Manager
Operation)
The created graphic data can be collectively registered as an element by using
the Symbol Manager. The graphic data registered collectively in a group is called
symbol or symbol data.
By registering data that is often used by the Support Tool, it is possible to use the
same data among multiple screen data (Application).
Since the graphic data for creating a keyboard and keypads for each PT model
and color/pattern combinations of tiling objects are registered and provided with
the Support Tool, you can save time when creating graphics.
6-10-1 Screen Configuration of Symbol Manager
The symbol manager screen configuration is shown below.
Symbol name
Menu bar
Symbol icon
Folder
Folder name
A folder represents one symbol data file, and symbols displayed under the folder
represent the individual symbol data registered in that file.
The name of the selected folder, or the name of the file that stores the selected
symbol is displayed in the title column of the Symbol Manager window.
Starting with V4.6, there is a Preview pane to show an overview picture and a
Listing pane to show the object contents.
For newly installed symbol data with V4.6, the preview is immediately available.
Old data can be reused into this version but a preview is not applicable. To make