Siemens S7-1200 - Modifying the Appearance and Configuration of STEP 7; Dragging and Dropping between Editors

STEP 7 programming software
2.3 Easy-to-use tools
S7-1200 Programmable controller
System Manual, 03/2014, A5E02486680-AG
43
2.3.7
Modifying the appearance and configuration of STEP 7
You can select a variety of settings,
such as the ap
pearance of the
interface, language, or the folder for
saving your work.
Select the "Settings" command from
the "Options" menu to change these
settings.
2.3.8
Dragging and dropping between editors
To help you perform tasks quickly and easily,
STEP
7 allows you to drag and drop elements
from one editor to a
nother. For example, you
can drag an input from the CPU to the address
of an instruction in your user program.
You must zoom in at least 200% to select the
inputs or outputs of the CPU.
Notice that the tag names are displayed
not
only in the PLC tag table, but also are
displayed on the CPU.