To Create a New Description Key

Use the DescKey Editor to create a new description key.

A new description key is always created with default properties. After you create the description key, you can change the properties.

  1. In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Point collection.
  2. Expand the Description Key Sets collection.
  3. Right-click the description key set to which you want to add the description key. Click Edit Keys.
    Note: You can create a new description key set to which you can add the description key. For more information, see To Create a New Description Key Set
  4. In the Description Key Editor, right-click in the section that contains description keys. Click New.

    A new description key is created with default properties.

  5. If necessary, display the columns that contain the properties you want to edit. Display and hide the columns in the DescKey Editor as you would in a list view. For more information, see To Customize a List View.
  6. Edit the description key properties as needed. For more information, see Description Key Editor.
  7. Close the DescKey Editor.