1.1. File menu
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### 1.1. File menu

New

  Creates a new document which is a copy of a named template.

  This dialog box displayed by this command contains a list of named document templates (example: Article). A document template is listed below the name of the XML application (example: DocBook) to which it belongs.

Open Copy

  Creates a new document using an existing document as a template. Displays standard file chooser dialog box or advanced URL chooser dialog box depending on value of option "Use URL chooser rather than file chooser".

  Unlike New which uses a named template declared in a XXE configuration file, Open Copy uses any existing document as a template.

Open as Template

  Creates a new document using an existing document as a template. Displays standard file chooser dialog box or advanced URL chooser dialog box depending on value of option "Use URL chooser rather than file chooser".

  Unlike New which uses a named template declared in a XXE configuration file, Open as Template uses an existing document to dynamically create a template. After loading a copy of the existing document, all the content of the copy is discarded to just keep a valid skeleton of the root element.

Open

  Opens an existing document. Displays standard file chooser dialog box or advanced URL chooser dialog box depending on value of option "Use URL chooser rather than file chooser".

  ### Tip

  It is also possible to open a document by dropping it anywhere inside XXE main window (except onto ``drop sites'' such images in a document view).[1]

  ### Note

  XXE cannot load non-well formed XML documents but it can load invalid documents. See Validity State.

  ### Note

  XXE can load a non-XML (though structured) document if a plug-in has been written to support this non-XML format. See Help|Plug-ins.

Save

  Saves current document, but only if it has been modified.

  Behaves like Save As if current document is a newly created document or if current document has not the write permission for the user.

  ### Tip

  At least for XXE, you do not have to save XML documents with a `.xml` extension. You can use more meaningful extensions.

Save As

  Saves current document to a different location. Displays standard file chooser dialog box or advanced URL chooser dialog box depending on value of option "Use URL chooser rather than file chooser".

  If the document to be saved has resources which are logically part of this document (typically images), a specialized dialog box listing all these resources will be displayed. The user will have to specify what to do with each resource: copy it to the new location and/or update the reference to the resource in the newly saved document.

  ### Note

  These resources are specified for each document type in the corresponding XXE configuration file using a `documentResources` configuration element. See Section 8, “documentResources” in XMLmind XML Editor - Configuration and Deployment.

Save Copy

  Similar to Save As except that it saves a copy of current document. Displays standard file chooser dialog box or advanced URL chooser dialog box depending on value of options "Use URL chooser rather than file chooser" and "Always use the URL chooser to save a copy".

Save All

  Saves all modified documents.

Page Setup

  Selects the page size and margins used for printing. Displays standard Page Setup dialog box.

Print

  Prints current view of current document and this, no matter what is being selected. Displays standard Print dialog box.

Print Selected Element

  Allows to print a subset of current document. Requires one or more nodes to be explicitly selected (see Select menu). If several nodes are selected, it is the parent element of these nodes which is printed.

Quit

  Quit XXE.

Below the above menu items, a menu item is added for the last nine documents that have been opened in XXE.

Selecting such menu item:

- Loads the document into XXE if it is not currently loaded.

- Reloads the document into XXE, closing all existing views, if it is currently loaded. If the document has been modified, the user will have to confirm that changes are to be discarded.

[1] Linux users: Java™ 1.4 only supports the Motif drag and drop protocol. Therefore if you use an ancient Java™ runtime, drag and drop will not work between XXE and your favorite Gnome or KDE application.

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