Operating a project
8.1 Operating a project on OP 73micro
OP 73micro, TP 177micro (WinCC flexible)
Operating Instructions, 09/2007, 6AV6691-1DF01-0AB0
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8.1.3.2
Entering and Editing Numerical and Alphanumerical Values
Requirement
An IO field has been enabled with
SHIFT
+
TAB
or using the cursor keys.
Navigating in fields
Table 8-3
Overview of control keys for navigating in fields
Key
Action
DEL
or
INS
The previous or following character is marked.
Control keys for character input
Table 8-4
Overview of the control keys for character input
Key
Action
SHIFT
+
+/–
Changes the sign of a numerical value.
Press
SHIFT
+
+/–
to toggle between the two characters.
SHIFT
This toggles between upper and lower case letters.
TAB
or
+/–
All characters available in the extended character set are called in
succession.
ENTER
Validates the input
ESC
HELP
Deletes the entry
Restores the original value
Options of entering numerical and alphanumerical characters:
●
Enters value and thereby fully replace the existing value
●
Edit a character in an existing value
Procedure – entering values
To enter a new value instead of editing a character, you can delete the entire contents of the
input field.
Proceed as follows:
1.
DEL
press to mark the entire field contents
2.
Enter the value with
TAB
or
+/–
.
3.
Press
ENTER
.
This confirms your entries. To cancel the entry, press
ESC
.
