The New Document Wizard

Oxygen XML Author supports a wide range of document types. The New Document wizard presents the default associations between a file extension and the type of editor that opens the file. To customize these default associations, open the Preferences dialog box and go to File Types.

To create a document in Oxygen XML Author, either select File > New > Ctrl N (Command N on OS X), or click the New button on the toolbar.
Oxygen XML Author displays the New Document wizard and groups the supported document types in multiple categories:
- Recently used - Contains the list of the most recently used files.
- New Document - Contains the list of all supported document types. This list includes XML, CSS, Text, PHP, JavaScript.
- Global templates - contains the list of predefined templates as well as templates defined in the Document Templates preferences page.
- Framework templates - contains the list of templates defined in the Document Type Association preferences page, Templates tab.
Select a document type.
Click one of the following:
- Customize - action available only for XML, XML Schema, Schematron, and XSL documents. Depending on the document type, you can set different properties before you create the file.
- Create - uses default settings to create a file.
If you select Create, Oxygen XML Author opens the new file in the editor view.
If you select Customize, Oxygen XML Author opens the following dialog box. You can customize different options depending on the document type you select.
- Figure: New XML Document Dialog Box
  - Schema URL - Specifies the path to the schema file. When you select a file, Oxygen XML Author analyzes its content and tries to fill the rest of the dialog box.
  - Schema type - Allows you to select the schema type. The following options are available: XML Schema, DTD, RelaxNG XML syntax, RelaxNG compact syntax, and NVDL.
  - Public ID - Specifies the PUBLIC identifier declared in the document prolog.
  - Namespace - Specifies the document namespace.
  - Prefix - Specifies the prefix for the namespace of the document root.
  - Root Element - Populated with elements defined in the specified schema, enables selection of the element used as document root.
  - Description - Shows a small description of the selected document root.
  - Add optional content - If you select this option, the elements, and attributes defined in the XML Schema as optional, are generated in the skeleton XML document.
  - Add first Choice particle - If you select this option, Oxygen XML Author generates the first element of an xs:choice schema element in the skeleton XML document. Oxygen XML Author creates this document in a new editor panel when you click OK.