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Use

You use the PC editor to create and edit texts. You require these texts for printing forms (such as standard letters) or for creating documents (such as sales orders or material texts) in the SAP system.

Note

As of SAP Enhancement Package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 or SAP NetWeaver 7.1 SP05, only the Microsoft Word Editor is available as the graphical SAPscript PC editor. When the term PC editor is used in the documentation, this always refers to the SAPscript editor based on Microsoft Word.

Integration

The PC editor is fully downward compatible. You can use any texts that you have created with the line editor. The system converts the assigned formats and styles appropriately and displays them in the usual fashion.

Prerequisites

SAP Note 742662 contains a brief overview of the prerequisites, differences to the previous PC editor, and any restrictions. The SAP Note is constantly kept up-to-date.

Features

Microsoft Word as a SAPscript editor provides you with the most important functions from the range of functions of the word processing program Microsoft → Word:

  • Copying and pasting

  • Clicking and entering

  • Finding and replacing

  • Repeating and undoing actions

  • Spelling and grammar checks and the thesaurus

  • Using SAP styles and SAP formats

Activities

The SAP system calls the PC editor automatically in the appropriate application. Information about processing text in the PC editor (Microsoft → Word as SAPscript editor): Editing Text.

If you want to switch to the Line Editor, choose Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Change Editor End of the navigation path in the PC editor.

More Information

Information about general activities that can be performed regardless of the type of editor, such as creating, finding, saving, deleting, and printing documents: Getting Started with the SAPscript Editors.