Minimize Differences Between Versions Saved on Different Computers

The number of differences between versions of the same file saved by different content authors on different computers can be minimized by imposing the same set of formatting options when saving the file, for all the content authors. An example for a procedure that minimizes the differences is the following.
  1. Create an Oxygen project file that will be shared by all content authors.
  2. Set your own preferences in the following panels of the Preferences dialog: Editor / Format and Editor / Format / XML.
  3. Save the preferences of these two panels in the Oxygen project by selecting the button Project Options in these two panels.
  4. Save the project and commit the project file to your versioning system so all the content authors can use it.
  5. Make sure the project is opened in the Project view.
  6. Open and save your XML files in the Author mode.
  7. Commit the saved XML files to your versioning system.
When other content authors will change the files only the changed lines will be displayed in your diff tool instead of one big change that does not allow to see the changes between two versions of the file.