Process documents and work instructions > Creating textual work instructions using standard text > Authoring work instructions

Add a symbol

You can add symbols to the work instructions document. The symbols appear in the document in the symbols section.

Note

By default, adding and removing symbols is enabled in the Standard Text view. If you do not use a standard text library, your administrator can move these buttons to the Textual Work Instructions view.

Procedure

Click anywhere in the Textual Work Instruction view.

The Teamcenter focus returns to the view.

Click Add symbol .

Teamcenter displays the Add Symbol dialog box listing all the symbols (contained in Work Instructions Symbol datasets) in the database. If you manage symbols in a folder structure, this structure is reflected in the Add Symbol dialog box.

Do any of the following:

Enter any part of the name of the symbol for which you are searching in the search box. Teamcenter automatically filters search results as you type.

Browse through the results by selecting each symbol in the list and viewing the thumbnail in the right pane.

Click to switch to the thumbnail view where you can view all symbols.

Select one or multiple symbols and click OK to close the dialog box or Apply to add the symbol but leave the dialog box open for further selection.

Teamcenter adds the desired symbols to the symbol section in your document.

Note

Teamcenter always adds symbols to the symbol section. It does not matter where the cursor is when performing the Add symbol operation.

You may select multiple symbols and add them with a single Add symbol operation.

You cannot insert a particular symbol more than once.

After performing this action, you cannot undo any previous actions (the Undo list is cleared).