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| <H1>Associating editors with file types</H1> |
| <P>To associate editors with various file types in the Workbench:</P> |
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| <li>From the main menu, select <b>Window > Preferences</b>.</li> |
| <li>In the Preferences window, select the <b>General > Editors > |
| File Associations</b> page .</li> |
| <li>Select the file type from the <b>File types</b> list, or click <b>Add</b> |
| to add a type that is not already on the list.</li> |
| <li>In the <b>Associated editors</b> list, select the editor that you want |
| to associate with that file type. To add an editor to the list: |
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| <li>Click <b>Add</b>. The Editor Selection dialog box opens.</li> |
| <li>Select <b>Internal Editors</b> or <b>External Programs</b>, depending on |
| whether the editor that you want was built for the Workbench or runs outside the Workbench.</li> |
| <li>If you select <b>External Programs</b>, you can click the Browse button to |
| browse the file system.</li> |
| <li>Select the editor from the list and click <b>OK</b>.</li> |
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| <li>Click <b> OK</b> to finish associating the editor with the selected file type.</li> |
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| <p>When you associate an internal editor with a file type, that editor opens in |
| the editor area of the Workbench. For example, if you double-click a file in the |
| Navigator or an entry in the Bookmarks or Tasks view it opens in the editor area. |
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| <p><img border="0" src="../images/win_only.png" alt="Windows only" > |
| Editors that support OLE document mode can also run in the editor area of the Workbench. |
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| <p><b>Tip</b>: You can choose to override your default editor selections by |
| selecting <b>Open With</b> from the pop-up menu for any resource in one of the navigation views. |
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| <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelc.png" alt="Related concepts" ><br> |
| <a href="../concepts/concepts-6.htm">Editors</a><br> |
| <a href="../concepts/concepts-6a.htm">External editors</a> |
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| <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks" ><br> |
| <a href="tasks-46.htm">Opening files for editing</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-52.htm">Editing files outside the Workbench</a><br> |
| <a href="tasks-18.htm">Linking the Navigator view to the active editor</a> </p> |
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