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# Messages Editor: Overview

Messages Editor is where messages to be found in traffic are specified, which messages to transmit are specified, and to view definitions from [configured databases](/vspy-3-documentation/3.9.13/vehicle-spy-main-menus/main-menu-setup/network-databases.md). Each [message](/vspy-3-documentation/3.9.13/vehicle-spy-main-menus/main-menu-spy-networks/message-editor.md) has a number of different [properties](/vspy-3-documentation/3.9.13/vehicle-spy-main-menus/main-menu-spy-networks/message-editor/messages-editor-message-fields.md) that can specify for it.

To access Messages Editor select **Spy Networks> Messages Editor** from the Main Menu (Figure 1: ![](https://cdn.intrepidcs.net/support/VehicleSpy/assets/smOne.gif)).

![Figure 1: Messages Editor is opened by clicking Spy Networks > Messages Editor.](https://content.gitbook.com/content/jb1RvXgxzxcqgZdVpbGb/blobs/FqVyNYCgAro2xAN6aXQ8/spyinmsgseditor.gif)

In the Messages Editor, messages can be [added](/vspy-3-documentation/3.9.13/vehicle-spy-main-menus/main-menu-spy-networks/message-editor/add-and-delete-messages.md) from any [network](/vspy-3-documentation/3.9.13/vehicle-spy-main-menus/main-menu-spy-networks/message-editor/messages-editor-pick-a-network.md). Select the desired network from the dropdown (Figure 2:![](https://cdn.intrepidcs.net/support/VehicleSpy/assets/smOne.gif)), click **+** (Figure 2:![](https://cdn.intrepidcs.net/support/VehicleSpy/assets/smTwo.gif)), and then type in the message description (Figure 2:![](https://cdn.intrepidcs.net/support/VehicleSpy/assets/smThree.gif)).

![Figure 2: Adding a message to a receiving table in Messages Editor](https://content.gitbook.com/content/jb1RvXgxzxcqgZdVpbGb/blobs/ccvVvhanoJgj2BpaknqI/spyinmsgseditor2.gif)

When in the Messages view you can add messages to a table (Figure 3). Simply select any message, right click on its icon, and add it to the desired table (Rx for receiving or Tx for transmitting). Messages and signals can even be loaded from a [Database](/vspy-3-documentation/3.9.13/vehicle-spy-main-menus/main-menu-setup/network-databases.md).

![Figure 3: Adding a message to a table in Messaging.](https://content.gitbook.com/content/jb1RvXgxzxcqgZdVpbGb/blobs/nYCoaGGmG7S78mKy4wUv/spyinmsgseditor3.gif)

The Messages Editor grid has many typical spreadsheet features including: [clipboard operations](/vspy-3-documentation/3.9.13/vehicle-spy-main-menus/main-menu-spy-networks/message-editor/messages-editor-cut-copy-and-paste.md), [undo](/vspy-3-documentation/3.9.13/vehicle-spy-main-menus/main-menu-spy-networks/message-editor/add-and-delete-messages.md), and [sorting](/vspy-3-documentation/3.9.13/vehicle-spy-main-menus/main-menu-spy-networks/message-editor/messages-editor-sort-and-arrange.md). These tools can be found in the toolbox along the top of Messages Editor view (Figure 4). Many of these features are also supported with a handy [right click menu](/vspy-3-documentation/3.9.13/vehicle-spy-main-menus/main-menu-spy-networks/message-editor/messages-editor-right-click-menu.md).

![Figure 4: Message Editor Toolbox](https://content.gitbook.com/content/jb1RvXgxzxcqgZdVpbGb/blobs/Xn0DynbGj8DNqW4JYZqk/spyinmsgseditor4.gif)


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