Add a symbol

You can add symbols to the standard text element. The symbols appear in the document in the symbols section. When you add the content of a standard text document to a work instructions document, Teamcenter also adds the symbols of the standard text document to the work instructions document.

Note

Your administrator may have moved the Add Symbol and Remove Symbol buttons to the Textual Work Instructions view. If this is the case, you can add symbols directly to a work instruction document without adding them to a standard text element first.

Procedure

1. Click anywhere in the standard text view.

The Teamcenter focus returns to the standard text view.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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).