Author

The Author preferences panel is opened from menu OptionsPreferences+Editor+Author

 

Figure 18.10. The <oXygen/> Author preferences panel

The <oXygen/> Author preferences panel

Show caret position info

If checked, the position information tooltip will be displayed. More information about the position information tooltip can be found in the section Position information tooltip. The documentation tooltip can be disabled from the Content Completion Annotations preferences panel.

Show placeholders for empty elements

When checked, placeholders will be displayed for empty elements to make them clearly visible.

Show Author layout messages

If checked, all errors reported during layout creation will be presented in the Errors view.

Show block range

If checked, a block range indicator will be shown in a stripe located in the left side of the editor.

Hide comments

When checked, comments from the documents edited in Author mode will be hidden.

Hide processing instructions

When checked, processing instructions from the documents edited in Author mode will be hidden.

Hide doctype

When checked, doctype sections from the documents edited in Author mode will be hidden.

Show very large images

If unchecked, images larger than 6 megapixels(24MB uncompressed) will not be loaded and displayed in Author mode. Please be aware that this option is unchecked by default because of the large amounts of application memory that images of high resolution can occupy. As a result, an OutOfMemory error could occur which would practically make <oXygen/> unusable without a restart of the entire application.

Display referred content (e.g.: entities, XInclude, DITA conref, etc.)

When checked, the references(entities, XInclude, DITA conref, etc) will also display the content of the resources they refer.

Format and indent when passing from author to text or on save

The content of the document is formatted by applying the Format and Indent action on every switch from the author editor to the text editor of the same document.

Tags display mode

Default display mode for element tags presented in Author mode. You can choose between Full Tags with Attributes, Full Tags, Block Tags, Inline Tags, Partial Tags and No Tags.

Tags background color

Allows you to configure the author tags background color.

Tags foreground color

Allows you to configure the author tags foreground color.

 Track Changes

The Author Track Changes preferences panel is opened from menu OptionsPreferences+Editor+Author+Track Changes

 

Figure 18.11. The <oXygen/> Track Changes preferences panel

The <oXygen/> Track Changes preferences panel

Author

The name of the user who performs the changes when Change Tracking is active for a given editor. This information will be associated with each performed change.

Inserted content color

Auto

Automatically assign colors for the insert changes based on the Author name.

Custom

Use a custom color for all insert changes, regardless of the Author name.

Use same color for background

Use the same color for the insert text background with a certain transparency.

Deleted content color

Auto

Automatically assign colors for the delete changes based on the Author name.

Custom

Use a custom color for all delete changes, regardless of the Author name.

Use same color for background

Use the same color for the delete text background with a certain transparency.