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Setting file editor preferences

When you need to edit web page content, such as an image, in an external application, Contribute launches the application for you. You can use the Preferences dialog box to select or change your primary editing applications for each type of file you edit.

Before you set file editor preferences, make sure to close the application you want to set as a file editor.

To change the editor for a file type:

  1. Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Contribute > Preferences (Macintosh), and then select File Editors from the category list on the left.
  2. Select a file type in the left pane.
  3. Associated editors appear in the right pane. If the application you want to select is in the pane, skip to step 5.

  4. Click the Plus (+) button above the right pane.
  5. The Select External Editor dialog box appears.

  6. Navigate to the application you want to add, and click Open.
  7. The application name appears in the right pane.

  8. Select the application you want Contribute to launch for the selected file type, and then click the Make Primary button.
  9. The word Primary appears beside the application name.

  10. Click OK.

To add a file type and associate an editor:

  1. Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Contribute > Preferences (Macintosh), and then select File Editors from the category list on the left.
  2. Click the Plus (+) button above the left pane, and then type the file type.
  3. Click the Plus (+) button above the right pane.
  4. The Select External Editor dialog box appears.

  5. Navigate to the application you want to associate with the new file type, and click Open.
  6. The application appears name appears in the right pane.

  7. Click OK.

To delete a file type or associated editor:

  1. Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Contribute > Preferences (Macintosh), and then select File Editors from the category list on the left.
  2. Select a file type in the left pane or an application in the right pane.
  3. Click the Minus (-) button above the pane.
  4. The file type or application name disappears from the pane.

  5. Click OK.

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