Additional Oxygen XML Author configuration

Last Updated : Dec 04, 2023 |
Prolog information
You can make additional settings to efficiently use Oxygen XML Author.
Action/Function
Menu in Oxygen
Choose Tag view
  1. OptionsPreferencesAutomatic Spell Check
  2. Click EditorEdit ModesAuthor
  3. From Tags, in Tag display mode, click Full Tags.
View Attributes
Click WindowShow ViewAttributes
Add or modify attributes
Attributes window or click WindowShow ViewAttributes
Add elements or tags
Press Enter or click WindowShow ViewElements
Enable Spell Checker
OptionsPreferencesAutomatic Spell Check
View Terminology Checker
WindowShow ViewTerminology Helper
Add conref
Click Conref icon from the toolbar or the SDL Tridion DocsInsert conref menu, click the TridionDocs icon (Tridion Docs icon), and browse to the source topic.
Add xref
  • Link to topic: Press Enter and select xref (cross reference), click the TridionDocs icon (Tridion Docs icon), and browse to the source topic.
  • Link to web source: Press Enter and select xref (web link).
Add condition
SDL Tridion DocsSet condition
Remove condition
Select the element with condition, in the Attributes window, select the ishcondition row, right-click and select Remove.
Delete element tag
Press Ctrl+Alt+X or click DocumentMarkupRemove All Markup.
Add image
Press Enter and select Image (wizard) or click Insert Image toolbar icon from the toolbar, browse to the image folder, and click Insert.
In the wizard, set placement, size, scale and other image attributes.
Edit ditamap
Using Check out with, select Oxygen XML Author and select Editor.
Compare files
DocumentFileCompare
Find word count
DocumentSourceCount words
Manage toolbars
WindowConfigure Toolbars
Example, Spelling, Validation, and Tag display mode.
Add space marks
  1. OptionsPreferencesEditor
  2. In Whitespaces section, select the following check boxes:
    • Show TAB/NBSP/EOL/EOF marks
    • Show SPACE marks