Editing Actions in Oxygen XML Web Author

The Oxygen XML Web Author allows you to not only review documents, but to also make changes to them. To activate this mode, tap or click the Edit button in the upper toolbar. In mobile devices, you can also swipe left, or use the

Menu button, to display a side panel at the right side of the editing area. This panel provides you with access to several views and a variety of editing actions.

The following views can be accessed by using the options in the side panel on the right side of the editor:

Review Panel - Displays the tracked changes and comments made to the document by the content authors.
Attributes - Displays all possible attributes and their value. You can also edit attribute values.
Find/Replace - Provides Find and Replace actions for searching the current document.

Contextual Menu Actions (Desktop Version)

In a desktop web browser, the contextual menu also offers the following actions, along with framework-specific actions:

Copy

Opens a dialog box that allows you to preview the content to be copied. You can then use the Ctrl + C (Command + C on OS X) keyboard shortcut to copy the selected content to the clipboard (or invoke the contextual menu from that dialog box and choose the Copy action).

Paste

Inserts the current clipboard content into the document.

Paste Special

Opens a dialog box that allows you to choose how to paste copied content. You have to use the Ctrl + V (Command + V on OS X) keyboard shortcut (or select Paste from the contextual menu) to paste the copied content into the preview window in this Paste Special dialog box and then you can choose to paste it into your document with one of the following choices:

Smart Paste - Oxygen XML Web Author will paste the copied content while trying to preserve its structure and if the current location is invalid, Oxygen XML Web Author will attempt to find a possible solution.
Paste as Text - The copied content will be pasted as text content.
Paste as XML - Copied content that is considered to be valid XML will be pasted with its XML structure preserved.

Cut

Opens a dialog box that allows you to preview the content to be cut. You can then use the Ctrl + X (Command + X on OS X) keyboard shortcut to cut the selected content and copy it to the clipboard (or invoke the contextual menu from that dialog box and choose the Cut action).

Undo

This action is available after you make a change.

Redo

This action is available when you use the Undo action.

Insert Element

Inserts an element at current position.

Rename Element

Renames the current element.

Surround With

Allows you to choose a tag to enclose the selected content.

Accept Change(s)

Available on changes when Change Tracking is enabled. It accepts the tracked change located at the cursor position and moves to the next change. If you select a part of a delete or insert change, only the selected content is accepted. If you select multiple changes, all of them are accepted. For an insert change, it means keeping the inserted text and for a delete change, it means removing the content from the document.

Reject Change(s)

Available on changes when Change Tracking is enabled. Rejects the tracked change located at the cursor position and moves to the next change. If you select a part of a delete or insert change, only the selected content is rejected. If you select multiple changes, all of them are rejected. For an insert change, it means removing the inserted text and for a delete change, it means preserving the original content from the document.

Add Comment

Allows you to insert a comment on a selected fragment of text.

Remove comment

Removes a selected comment.

Edit comment

Opens the Edit Comment dialog box that allows you to edit the selected comment.

Framework Specific Actions (Desktop Version)

Depending on the type of document you are editing, the toolbar contains a series of actions defined at framework level. Some of these actions are also available in the contextual menu. Oxygen XML Web Author comes with built-in actions for DITA, DocBook, TEI, and XHTML document types. These actions include:

Styling actions: Most common styling actions, such as Bold, Italic, Underline.
Insert actions: Actions that allows you to insert a variety of framework-specific objects, such as images, tables, paragraphs, and other elements.
List actions: Actions that allow you to create ordered and unordered lists, and add new items in them.
Table actions: Actions that allow you to create a table and manage its structure (insert and delete rows and columns).