Edit an instruction block

This article shows the editing possibilities you can apply to an instruction block.

Change the description of an instruction block

The Description of an Instruction Block? What’s That?

In Azumuta, each instruction block must have a description. In its essence, an instruction block’s description = the name of an instruction block.

Please take a look at the image below to see where you can find the description of an instruction block:

Edit the description of an instruction block

1. Navigate to the instruction block that you would like to edit, and click it.
2. Do the desired edits.

Delete an instruction block

1. Navigate to the instruction block that you would like to delete.
2. Click the ⋮ (three-dot) icon (“More actions”) next to the existing instruction block.
3. Select Remove instruction block.
4. Click Yes, remove block.

Note: You can't delete an instruction block if you only have 1 instruction block remaining within a work instruction.

Copy an instruction block

1. Navigate to the instruction block where you would like to copy.
2. Click the ⋮ (three-dot) icon (“More actions”) next to the existing instruction block.
3. Select copy instruction block.

Paste an instruction block

After you’ve copied the instruction block, the next step is to:

1. Navigate to the targeted work instruction for where you would like to paste the instruction block to.
2. Click the ⋮ (three-dot) icon (“More actions”) next to an existing or new instruction block.
3. Click Paste Special.
4. Select either Paste as a deep copy or **Paste as a shallow copy **. We will provide an explanation of both possibilities below the video.

Paste as a Deep Copy vs Paste as a Shallow Copy: What’s the Difference?

Paste as a deep copy: The pasted instruction block is merely a copy of the original instruction block and nothing more. They are not linked in any way. When a change is made on one of the instruction steps on the pasted instruction block, it will not happen in the original instruction block. Similarly, if a change has been made in one of the instruction steps in the original instruction block, it will not happen in the pasted instruction block as well.

Paste as a shallow copy: The pasted instruction block (and all of the instruction steps that it contains) remains linked to the original instruction block (and all of the instruction steps that it contains). When a change is made on one of the instruction steps on the linked instruction block—be it the original or the pasted one—the change will also occur in the very same step in all other linked instruction blocks.

Note: You can also choose the option below as a quicker way to paste as a deep copy.

Keyboard Shortcuts

To make your editing process faster & more intuitive, we’ve added several keyboard shortcuts that you can use. A keyboard shortcut is a key or a combination of keys on a keyboard that, if pressed, will execute a certain function.

To view the list of keyboard shortcuts that you can use, please follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to any work instruction.
2. Click the keyboard icon. Please refer to the video below to see its location.

Currently, here’s the list of keyboard shortcuts that you can use from: