# TAB Editor: Creating a State

From the Tabular Editor window, select the States menu, then click Add State, or from the toolbar click on the Add State button . This will open the DES State Editor dialog box.

Enter the Name and Alias of the state in the text boxes. The Name is used to identify the state and the Alias is a short-form name for the state that is used when display space is limited. Use the check boxes to indicate whether the state will be an Initial and/or a Marked state. Once you have entered the information, click OK and the state will be added to the DES. The new state will appear in the States pane.

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