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31<div><p>Templates are a chunk of predefined code that you can insert into
32a DTD file when it is created. You may find a template useful when you have
33a certain piece of code you want to reuse several times, and you do not want
34to write it out every time.</p>
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36<div class="section"><p>To create a new DTD template follow these steps:</p>
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40<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Window</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">Preferences</span>
41 &gt; <span class="uicontrol">Web and XML</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">DTD Files</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">DTD
42Templates</span></span>.</span></li>
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44<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">New</span> if you want to create a completely
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47<li class="stepexpand"><span>Supply a new template <span class="uicontrol">Name</span> and <span class="uicontrol">Description</span>.</span>
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50<li class="stepexpand"><span>Specify the <span class="uicontrol">Context</span> for the template.</span>
51 This is the context in which the template is available in the proposal
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54<li class="stepexpand"><span>Specify the <span class="uicontrol">Pattern</span> for your template using
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56assist.</span></li>
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58<li class="stepexpand"><span>If you want to insert a variable, click the <span class="uicontrol">Insert Variable</span> button
59and select the variable to be inserted. </span> For example, the <strong>date</strong> variable
60indicates the current date will be inserted. </li>
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62<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Apply</span> and then <span class="uicontrol">OK</span> to
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67<div class="section">You can edit, remove, import, or export a template by using the same
68preferences page. <p>If you have a template that you do not want to remove,
69but you no longer want the template to appear in the DTD templates list when
70you create a file, go to the<strong> DTD Templates</strong> preferences page and clear
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78<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="../topics/tcretdtd.html" title="A document type definition (DTD) contains a set of rules that can be used to validate an XML file. After you have created a DTD, you can edit it manually, adding declarations that define elements, attributes, entities, and notations, and how they can be used for any XML files that reference the DTD file.">Creating DTDs</a></div>
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