How to Perform Common Edit Tasks

Input text:

  1. Tap or click to move the caret into the selected document area.
  2. Type the text using the keyboard

Split a paragraph:

  1. Tap or click to move the caret at the split position.
  2. Press Enter on the keyboard to display the Content Completion Assistant. Choose Split p from the list of proposals.

Enter a new XML element, or to surround the selection in an XML element

  1. Tap or click to move the caret into the selected document area, or make a text selection.
  2. Tap or press Enter to open the Content Completion Assistant.
  3. Select the element name.

Activate change tracking

  1. Tap or click the Track Changes button from the Review toolbar to enable or disable this feature.

Set an attribute value

  1. Tap or click the Menu button from the upper right side corner, or swipe from right to left. A side panel is displayed.
  2. Press the Attributes tab. The attributes side panel is displayed.
  3. If the attribute is present in the attributes table (it already has a value), you can change its value by tapping/clicking its value. If the attribute is not shown, press the See all attributes button. Tap or click the attribute to set its value

Remove an attribute

  1. Tap or click the Menu button from the upper right side corner, or swipe from right to left. A side panel is displayed.
  2. Press the Attributes tab. The attributes side panel is displayed.
  3. Find the attribute in the table and press or tap its value.
  4. Press Remove Attribute in the subsequent dialog box.

Save a modified XML document

To save your changes, tap or click the Save button from the upper toolbar. Note that the open and save operations depend on the integration of the Oxygen XML WebApp with a CMS or other storage mechanism.

Search and replace content

  1. Tap or click the Find/Replace button from the upper toolbar, or the Rind/Replace tab.
  2. The Find/Replace side panel is open. Type the text you want to find in the Search for input box and press the Find icon in the left side of that same input box.
  3. All matches are highlighted, and the first one is selected. To advance to the next match, press the Find icon again.
  4. To replace content, type the new text in the Replace with input box. To replace the current match, press the Replace button. To replace all matches, press the Replace all button.
Parent topic: Editing Actions