<p class="Paragraph">The following provides an overview of the <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Basic-IDE. The IDE is activated as soon as you begin editing a macro.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">The <help:link Id="68324" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">toolbar</help:link> in the IDE provides various function icons for editing and testing programs.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">In the <help:link Id="66459" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Editor window</help:link>, directly below the Macro toolbar, you can edit the Basic program code. Pay attention to the narrow column at the left - here you can view the breakpoints during a single step process, indicating which part of the program is being executed.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The <help:link Id="66469" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Watch</help:link> (observer) is located below the Editor window at the left, and displays the contents of variables or arrays during a single step process. The <span class="T1">Call Stack</span> window to the right provides information about the call hierarchy of SUBS and FUNCTIONS.</p>