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Document Editor view

Click the Document Editor icon, ic_doc_ed_view to open this view.

XML Spy Document Editor enables you to edit XML documents based on templates created in XSLT Designer! The templates in XSLT Designer are saved as *.sps files, and supply all the necessary information needed by Document Editor.

Templates are opened by Selecting the File | New command and then clicking the "Select a Document Editor template..." button. Please see the Document Editor documentation for further information.

Document Editor features:
·Free-flow WYSIWYG text editing  
·Form-based data input  
·Presentation and editing of repeating XML elements as tables  
·Real-time validation, and consistency checking using XML Schema  
·Support for CALS and HTML tables  


XML Spy Document Editor is available in three versions: As a stand-alone application, integrated as a separate view within the XML Spy IDE user-interface (if you purchase the XML Spy Suite product), or as a Browser Plug-In for Internet Explorer.

Document Editor has two main areas: the main window, and the entry helpers at right. The graphic below shows the OrgChart template with all the markup info hidden.

·The main window allows you to display the document in several different views: the Document Editor view which is the default view for this type of document template, the Enhanced Grid view or Text view. The Enhanced Grid view incorporates a special view, called the Database/Table view, which collapses recurring XML data into table form.  
      
·The right area contains three Entry helper windows, which allow you to insert specific elements (or attributes) depending on the current cursor position in the document.  

Example of a partially filled in Orgchart template document.  
doc_ed_overview  


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