Editing with the Oxygen XML Web Author / Editing Actions in Oxygen XML Web Author Parent topic: Editing Actions in Oxygen XML Web Author

How to Perform Common Editing Tasks

Input text:

  1. Tap or click to move the cursor into the selected document area.
  2. Type the text using the keyboard or screen.

Split a paragraph:

  1. Tap or click to move the cursor at the split position.
  2. Tap or press Enter to open the Content Completion Assistant.
  3. Choose Split p from the list of proposals.

Enter a new XML element, or to surround the selection in an XML element

  1. Tap or click to move the cursor into the selected document area, or make a text selection.
  2. Tap or press Enter to open the Content Completion Assistant.
  3. Select the element name.

Activate change tracking

  1. Tap or click the Track Changes button from the Review toolbar to enable or disable this feature.

Set an attribute value

  1. Tap or click the Menu button from the upper right side corner (or swipe from right to left on mobile devices). A side panel is displayed.
  2. Select the Attributes tab. The attributes side panel is displayed. On a desktop system, you can also press Alt + Enter to change the focus to the Attributes tab and it automatically selects the first attribute in the list.
  3. If the attribute is present in the attributes table (it already has a value), you can change its value by tapping or clicking its value. On a desktop system, you can also use Tab or Shift+Tab to cycle through the available attributes and the Enter key to select and modify attribute values.
  4. If the attribute is not present, use the Add Attribute button and tap or click the attribute to set its value. You can also click Alt + Enter and then A to add a new attribute.

Remove an attribute

  1. Tap or click the Menu button from the upper right side corner (or swipe from right to left on mobile devices). A side panel is displayed.
  2. Select the Attributes tab. The attributes side panel is displayed.
  3. Find the attribute in the table and tap or click its value.
  4. Use the Delete button (or use the Delete key) to remove the attribute.

Save a modified XML document

To save your changes, tap or click the Save button from the upper toolbar. Note that the open and save operations depend on the integration of the Oxygen XML Web Author with a CMS or other storage mechanism.

Search and replace content

  1. Tap or click the Find/Replace button from the upper toolbar, or the Rind/Replace tab.
  2. The Find/Replace side panel is opened. Type the text you want to find in the Search for input box and tap or click the Find button in the left side of that same input box.
  3. All matches are highlighted, and the first one is selected. To advance to the next match, tap or click the Find button again.
  4. To replace content, type the new text in the Replace with input box. To replace the current match, use the Replace button. To replace all matches, use the Replace all button.

Editing MathML Equations

  1. Tap or click the equation to open an editing dialog box.
  2. Edit the XML source of the equation.
  3. Tap or click OK to finish the editing process.
Parent topic: Editing Actions in Oxygen XML Web Author