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This tutorial will show you how to modify a existing DTD.

Open a document.

Select menu File Open or press the File Open Icon open.gif (140 octets)

A Open dialog box ask you for a file name. Select the DTD file name you want or select an XML file who is referencing a DTD file in the DOCTYPE declaration.

In this tutorial, we will change the directory folder by selecting the 'samples' folder. Select the email.xml file. This file is referencing a DTD and the system identifier is email.dtd. Press the Open button to load it in the tree.


Delete an item in a section.

Deleting an item will erase this item from your tree. If you want to delete an item and keep a copy of it on the clipboard, use the menu Edit Cut command.

Select a section and expand it. Select the item in this section that you want to delete.

Select menu Edit Delete or press the delete icon delete.gif (870 octets)

In this tutorial, we will select the Entity(ies) folder and double click on it or press the right arrow on the keyboard. This action will expand the folder.

Select the ingo leaf.

Select menu Edit Delete or press the delete icon delete.gif (870 octets)


Cut an item in a section.

When you cut an item in a section, you delete it from the tree and place a copy of it on the clipboard. If you want to delete an item without keeping a copy, use the menu Edit Delete command.

Select a section and expand it. Select the item in this section that you want to cut.

Select menu Edit Cut or press the cut icon cut.gif (130 octets)

In this tutorial, we will select the Entity(ies) folder and double click on it or press the right arrow on the keyboard. This action will expand the folder.

Select the henning leaf.

Select menu Edit Cut or press the cut icon cut.gif (130 octets)


Paste an item in a section.

When you paste an item in a section, you retrieve what was previously save on the clipboard and place a copy of it in the tree.

Select a section and expand it. Select the item in this section after which the copy will be inserted or select the section and the item will be inserted at the end of all items in this section.

Select menu Edit Paste or press the paste icon paste.gif (159 octets)

Edit the new item as you need.

In this tutorial, we will select the Entity(ies) folder and double click on it or press the right arrow on the keyboard. This action will expand the folder.

Select the abbrev leaf.

Select menu Edit Paste or press the paste icon paste.gif (159 octets)

The tree now look like this image.

tutor7.gif (2687 octets)

We have a new Entity named 'Copy of henning'. Change the Name to 'salesmail' and the Text to 'sales@corp.com'. Press the Create button.


Copy an item in a section.

When you copy an item in a section, you place a copy of it on the clipboard.

Select a section and expand it. Select the item in this section that you want to copy.
Select menu Edit Copy or press the copy icon
copy.gif (145 octets)

In this tutorial, we will select the Notation(s) folder and double click on it or press the right arrow on the keyboard. This action will expand the folder.

Select the gif leaf.

Select menu Edit Copy or press the copy icon  copy.gif (145 octets)

Select menu Edit Paste or press the paste icon paste.gif (159 octets)

The tree now look like this image.

tutor8.gif (2726 octets)

We have a new Notation named 'Copy of gif'. Change the Name to 'bmp' and the System Id. to 'lview.exe'. Press the Create button.


It is a good idea at this stage to save our work.

Select menu File Save or press the save icon save.gif (138 octets)

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