# DITA Best Practices : Turning element and attribute tags on/off

Created by Todd Stupnik, last modified on Oct 17, 2014

Some authors may find it useful to turn element and/or attributes on within the Author view, setting the default display mode for element tags presented in Author mode. Click the DITA menu, then Tags display mode.

Select one of the following:

- Full Tags with Attributes - this mode reveals the entire XML markup, easing the transition from a Text based editing to an Author mode editing. Tags contain element names, attribute names, and attribute values;
- Full Tags - displays name tags that enclose block and inline elements;
- Block Tags - displays a mix of element name tags that enclose block elements and compact tags that enclose the inline elements;
- Inline Tags - displays only name tags that enclose the inline elements;
- Partial Tags - displays compact tags that enclose the inline elements;
- No Tags - no tags are displayed. This representation is as close as possible to the document published content;

The following image shows the.Author mode with the Full Tags mode enabled:

The following image shows the Author mode with No Tags mode enabled:

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