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Edit Menu


The Edit menu (Figure A) provides options to undo/redo, cut/copy/paste/clear, and search/replace.


Figure A - Edit Menu

Undo -
Reverses the last action performed. For example, if you insert an element by mistake, the Undo option will be available with that element's tag shown.
Redo -
Undoes 'undo', restoring whatever change you just undid.
Cut -
Removes selected items and copies them to the Windows clipboard.
Copy -
Copies selected items to the Windows clipboard, but does not remove them from their current location in the document.
Paste -
Copies items from the clipboard into the selected area of the document.
Clear -
Removes selected items but DOES NOT copy them to the Windows clipboard

Find... and Find Again -
Used to search for text in the active window.  Find... is used for the initial search; Find Again searches for the next occurrence of the text previously entered in the Find dialog box (Figure B).  If no text has been entered previously in the Find dialog box and Find Again is selected, the Find dialog box will open and prompt for the text to be searched on.

Replace... and Replace Again -
Used to search and replace text in the active window.  Replace... is used for the initial search-and-replace; Replace Again searches and replaces the next occurrence of the text previously entered in the Replace dialog box (Figure C). The first time you Replace a search string, XML Instance will find it and make sure you want to replace it. If you select Replace Again and no search or replacement string has been entered, the Replace dialog box will open and prompt for the text to be searched-and-replaced.

Preferences... -
Used to edit initial view settings. In the XML Instance Preferences dialog box, you can either enable or disable the display of Markup Icons and/or Content Hints. These settings remain in effect from one session to the next until you change them. If you disable these features, you can re-enable them from the View menu, and they will be in effect only for the currently active document.

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