The backend editor allows you to use the traditional backend editor for editing your ABAP coding.
The editor is line-based, and to use normal editor functions such as cut, copy, and paste, you must first select a block of lines. It is often useful to use the clipboards in this mode.

If you have a very long program (and especially if you are working in a WAN environment), the backend editor can produce better performance than the frontend editor. Furthermore, backend editor allows you to edit any development object that is based on the ABAP Editor. The splitscreen editor, the BOR Editor, and the Logical Database Editor are only available in the backend editor.

Unlike the frontend editor, there are no operating system restrictions for the backend editor.

The backend editor of the ABAP Editor provides the following functions:

• Navigation functions (forward navigation).
• Block selection and clipboards.
• Compression logic (only available in this mode).
• Line numbering (only available in this mode).
• Find and replace functions.
• Colored highlighting for comment lines.
• Insert statement function.
• Include expansion (only available in this mode).
• Single-step undo function.
• Conversion of a text block to comment lines.
• Pretty printer for standardizing program layout.
• Syntax check.
• Upload and download of local files.