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<title>Editing XML files</title>
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<searchtitle>Editing XML files</searchtitle>
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<shortdesc>This file contains information about editing XML files.</shortdesc>
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<context><p>To open an XML file in the XML editor, right-click it in the Navigator
view and select <menucascade><uicontrol>Open With</uicontrol><uicontrol>XML
Editor</uicontrol></menucascade>. </p><p>We recommend working in the Resource
perspective when you are developing XML files. The views that appear by default
in this perspective (such as the Outline view) help facilitate XML development.</p><p>The
XML editor enables you to directly edit XML files. There are several different
views you can use to edit your files:</p><ul>
<li><b>Source view</b>: you can manually insert, edit, and delete elements
and attributes in the Source view of the XML editor. To facilitate this effort,
you can use content assist while you are in the Source view.</li>
<li><b>Design view</b>: you can insert, delete, and edit elements, attributes,
comments, and processing instructions in this view.</li>
<li><b>Outline view</b>: you can insert and delete elements attributes, comments,
and processing instructions in this view.</li>
</ul><p>Often, you may find that you have more than one way to perform a specific
task. For example, you have an XML file "MySchoolSubjects.xml" associated
with an XML schema file "SchoolSubjects.xsd", which list all the subjects
taught in a school. You want to insert a new element "Math" into your file.
You can do so in the following ways:</p><ul>
<li>In the Outline or Design view, right-click the appropriate parent element
and select <menucascade><uicontrol>Add Child</uicontrol><uicontrol>Math</uicontrol>
</menucascade> or <uicontrol>New Element</uicontrol> and enter the name of
the child element<?Pub Caret?>.</li>
<li>In the Source view, use content assist to help you find the appropriate
location and code for the <uicontrol>Math</uicontrol> element.</li>
<li>In the Source view, type the code for the <uicontrol>Math</uicontrol> element
in the file.</li>
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