The number of differences between versions of the same file saved by different content
authors on different computers can be minimized by imposing the same set of formatting options
when saving the file, for all the content authors. An example, the following procedure can be
used to minimize the differences:
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Create an Oxygen XML Editor project file
that will be shared by all content authors.
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Configure your own formatting preferences. To do this, open the
Preferences dialog box, go to , configure the appropriate options in this page, then go to and configure the options there.
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Save the configured options into your project file by selecting Project
Options in both of the preferences pages.
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Save the project and commit the project file to your versioning system so all the
content authors can use it.
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Make sure the project is opened in the Project view.
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Open and save your XML files in the Author mode.
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Commit the saved XML files to your versioning system.
When other content authors change the files, only the changed lines will be displayed in
your diff tool instead of one big change that does not allow you to see the changes between
two versions of the file.