Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 Getting Started page 8

Creating the PCS 7 Project
2.1 How to Create the PCS 7 Project
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Select the Options > Settings command in SIMATIC Manager to open the "Settings" dialog
box. Go to the "Default Project View" area on the "View" tab to select which view is displayed
when a project is opened.
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If you have not changed the default setting "Always Prompt for Settings" for new projects
in the "Message Numbers" tab in the "Options" menu, the "Message Number Assignment
Selection" dialog box will be displayed.
Activate the "CPU-wide unique message number assignment" option.
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Click "OK".
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In this dialog box you can also specify default settings for future projects/libraries. If you
specify a default setting that differs from the standard default setting, the message number
assignment selection in the PCS 7 Wizard is no longer prompted.
On completion, the wizard closes automatically and the Plant View and Component View
are displayed in the SIMATIC Manager.
Close the Plant View and select the menu command View > Process Object View.
Select the menu command Window > Arrange > Horizontally.
Both the "Process Object View" and "Component View" windows are arranged horizontally.
First Steps (V7.1)
Getting Started, 03/2009, A5E02122181-01