Specifying File Types For Opening In Serna

When you browse documents to open in Serna, you can filter files by type in the Open Document Dialog and the Open Document with Template Dialog . You can specify file types to be offered in these dialogs.

Note:

These files must be in an XML-based format.

  1. Call up the Preferences Dialog.

    To call up the Preferences Dialog, choose Tools > Preferences .

  2. Select the File Types tab.

    Figure 1. File Types tab.



  3. To add a new file type above/below the selected file type, take the following steps:
    1. Click the Insert Before / Insert After button.
    2. In the File Type Dialog, specify the filename pattern(s) and description. Click OK.

      Figure 2. File Type Dialog.



      Note:

      Filename patterns must be specified as wild-card values, i.e. *. <EXTENSION>. Multiple wild-card values must be separated by semicolons (e.g. *.xhtml;*.html).

  4. To edit a file type, take the following steps:
    1. Select the file type and click the Edit button.
    2. In the File Type Dialog, modify the filename pattern(s) and/or description. Click OK.
  5. To delete a file type, select it and click the Delete button.
  6. Click the Apply button to apply the settings.
  7. Click the Close button to close the dialog.
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Specifying XML Files Search Path
Specifying XML Catalogs
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