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Edit Menu


The Edit menu (Figure A) provides options to cut, copy, and paste, search schemas, and create and edit reusable content.

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Figure A - Edit Menu

Undo -
Reverses the last action performed.  For example, if an element type declaration is Cut from the list, Undo would put the element back in the list.
Redo -
Undoes 'undo', restoring whatever change you just undid.
Cut -
Removes selected items and copies them to the Windows clipboard.
Copy -
Copies selected items to the Windows clipboard, but does not remove them from their current location in the document.
Paste -
Copies items from the clipboard into the selected area of the document. See the section below for information on how XML Authority may include supporting material for declarations pasted between schemas.
Clear -
Removes selected items but DOES NOT copy them to the Windows clipboard

Find... and Find Again -
Used to search for text in the active window.  Find... is used for the initial search; Find Again searches for the next occurrence of the text previously entered in the Find dialog box (Figure B).  If no text has been entered previously in the Find dialog box and Find Again is selected, the Find dialog box will open and prompt for the text to be searched on.

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Figure B - Find dialog box

 

Replace... and Replace Again -
Used to search and replace text in the active window.  Replace... is used for the initial search-and-replace; Replace Again searches and replaces the next occurrence of the text previously entered in the Replace dialog box (Figure C). The first time you Replace a search string, XML Authority will find it and make sure you want to replace it. If you select Replace Again and no search or replacement string has been entered, the Replace dialog box will open and prompt for the text to be searched-and-replaced.

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Figure C - Replace dialog box

Define Reusable -
This option creates reusable content models, attribute sets, constraints, or text.
Edit Reusable -
This option edits reusable content models, attribute sets, constraints, or text.
Preferences-
Set XML Authority Preferences including the default for schema type, schema path, and help browser.

Pasting Declarations Between Schemas

If you copy and paste declarations between schemas, XML Authority will make sure that supporting declarations are also transferred.

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