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<title>Creating empty XML files</title>
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<searchtitle>Creating empty XML files</searchtitle>
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<shortdesc>You can create a new, empty XML file, which you can then edit in
the XML editor. When you create a new, empty XML file, it is not associated
with a DTD or XML schema file, so there are no restrictions on the kind of
content it can contain.</shortdesc>
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<keywords><indexterm>XML files<indexterm>creating</indexterm></indexterm>
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<context><p>The following instructions were written for the Resource perspective,
but they will also work in many other perspectives.</p><p>To create a new,
empty XML file, follow these instructions:</p></context>
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<step><cmd>If necessary, create a project to contain the XML file.</cmd></step>
<step><cmd>In the workbench, click <menucascade><uicontrol>File</uicontrol>
<uicontrol>New</uicontrol><uicontrol>Other</uicontrol><uicontrol>XML</uicontrol>
<uicontrol>XML</uicontrol></menucascade> and click <uicontrol>Next</uicontrol>. </cmd>
</step>
<step><cmd>Click the <uicontrol>Create XML file from scratch</uicontrol> radio
button.</cmd></step>
<step><cmd>Click <uicontrol>Next.</uicontrol></cmd></step>
<step><cmd>Select the project or folder that will contain the XML file.</cmd>
</step>
<step><cmd>In the <uicontrol>File name</uicontrol> field, type the name of
the XML file, for example <userinput>MyXMLFile.xml</userinput>. The name of
your XML file  <varname>must</varname> end in <userinput>.xml</userinput>.</cmd>
</step>
<step><cmd>Click  <uicontrol>Finish</uicontrol>.</cmd></step>
</steps>
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