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Publication RA-UM003B-EN-P - February 2010

Chapter 6 Navigate the New Ladder Editor Interface

Menus

Use menu options to create and maintain ladder logic. Although the
toolbar provides convenient shortcuts to many of the features
available in the menus, not all of the menu functions are available
from the toolbar. The new Ladder Editor provides six menus, each of
which is described with its features in the sections that follow.

• File

• Edit

• View

• Communications

• Tools

• Help

Edit Mode

Refer to table below.

Online Indication

Indicates if you are working online or offline in the new Ladder
Editor.

Logic Enabled
Indication

Indicates if the Logic Enable function is on or off. If you are not in
Edit mode and go online with a device, then it displays Logic
Enabled status.

Pane

Description

Edit Mode

Status

Editor Mode

Description

Pre-Conditions

Online

Edit Enabled

You can modify logic.

Read-write status.
Edit toolbar button is toggled ON.

Animate

Logic in the new Ladder Editor is synched
with logic in the device.

Edit toolbar button is toggled OFF.

Pending Edit

Logic in the new Ladder Editor is not
synched with logic in the device

Edit toolbar button is toggled OFF.

Offline

Edit Enabled

You can modify logic.

Read-write status.
Edit toolbar button is toggled ON.

Edit Disabled

You cannot modify logic.

Read-only or online-edit status.
Edit toolbar button is toggled OFF.

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