Rockwell Automation 2706-MB1 MESSAGEVIEW 421 SOFTWARE MANUAL - Manual (Page 154)

7–33 Creating Messages
Publication 2706-817
The message’s attributes appear in the Attributes section of the
Message Editor Table View.
Attributes
Attributes for each message may be set using the Message Editor
Table View:
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at the time the message is created
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at any later time when the message is selected (highlighted) in the
Message List and displayed in the Message Edit box.
Click the Store Message tool to store the current text and attribute
settings for the selected message.
Note: A message is stored automatically when another message is
selected for editing.
Click the Cancel Changes tool to restore the message as it was before
editing. All changes, whether adding, deleting or editing attributes,
revert to their condition when the message was last stored.
To edit related messages together, use the Topics command on the
Edit menu. See Page 7–12. In the Topics dialog, deselect all topics
but the one(s) needed at the moment. The Message List now contains
only messages assigned to the selected topic(s).
To view the original Message List, simply bring up the Topics dialog
and select all the topics.
Message Attributes