Automatic validation and validate on request operations are available while editing documents in the Author mode. A detailed description of the document validation process and its configuration is described in the Validating Documents section.
Figure: Presenting Validation Errors in Author Mode
A fragment with a validation error is marked by underlining the error in red, and validation warnings are underlined in yellow.
Also, the ruler on the right side of the editor panel is designed to display the errors found during the validation process and to help you locate them in the document. The ruler contains the following:
- The top area - A success indicator square will turn green if the validation is successful, red if validation errors are found, or yellow if validation warnings are found.More details about the errors or warnings are displayed in a tool tip when you hover over indicator square. If there are numerous errors, only the first three are presented in the tool tip.
- The middle area - Errors are depicted with red markers, and warnings with yellow markers. If you want to limit the number of markers that are displayed, open the
Preferences dialog box and go to .
Clicking a marker will highlight the corresponding text area in the editor. The error or warning message is also displayed both in a tool tip (when hovering over the marker) and in the message area on the bottom of the editor panel.
The validation status area at the bottom of the editor panel presents the message of the current validation error. Clicking the
Document checking
options button opens the Document checking user preferences page - The bottom area - Two navigation arrows (
) allow you to skip to the next or previous error. The same actions can be triggered from (Ctrl Period
(Meta Period on OS X)) and (Ctrl Comma (Meta
Comma on OS X)). Also, the 
button can be used to clear all the error markers.
Status messages from every validation action are logged in the Information view.