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Setting preferences for structured text editors

You can customize your working environment by specifying preferences for the structured text editor.

In the main menu, click Window > Preferences .

Select one of the choices that are shown in the following table:

Item	Menu path
Annotation settings	Workbench > Editors > Annotations
Character encoding	Web and XML, then one of the following choices: CSS Files, HTML Files, JSP Files, XML Files ( not implemented in WTP)
Content assist: HTML	Web and XML > HTML Files > HTML Source
Content assist: JavaScript	Web and XML > JavaScript Files > JavaScript Source
Content assist: XML	Web and XML > XML Files (not implemented in WTP) > XML Source
Editor appearance	Workbench > Editors > Structured Text Editor > Appearance
Editor font	Workbench > Colors and Fonts > Structured Text Editor
Editor navigation	Workbench > Editors > Structured Text Editor > Navigation
File-type-specific settings	Web and XML, then navigate to the file type and particular setting
Hover help	Workbench > Editors > Structured Text Editor > Hovers
Key bindings	Workbench > Keys > Keyboard Shortcuts then in the Category field specify Source
Spell checking	Spell Check
Syntax checking	Workbench > Editors > Structured Text Editor > Appearance then check or uncheck the Analyze annotations while typing box.

Note: You cannot set Web and XML preferences unless the Core XML Support capability ( Workbench > Capabilities ) is enabled, and you cannot set preferences for DTD files unless the XML Development capability is enabled.

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