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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Converting HTML files to XHTML files</h1> |
| <div><div class="skipspace"> The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML), a set of document |
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| types that rework the HTML code using XML, is the successor of HTML. To take |
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| advantage of the specifications that have been developed for XHTML, you can |
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| convert existing HTML pages to XHTML pages.<p>To convert an existing HTML |
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| file to an XHTML file, complete the following steps: </p> |
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| <ol><li class="skipspace"><span>Select <span><span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Tools</span> > <span class="uicontrol">Convert |
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| to XHTML</span></span></span>.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Typically, you should accept the <span><span class="uicontrol">Insert XML declaration</span></span> check |
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| box default in the <span><span class="uicontrol">Convert to XHTML</span></span> dialog |
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| box. In addition, you should select the appropriate <span><span class="uicontrol">XHTML document |
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| type</span></span> from the list box.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Click <span><span class="uicontrol">OK</span></span>.</span> <p> A new |
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| XHTML file <u>replaces</u> the converted HTML file, though the file extension |
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| does not change. You can open the newly created XHTML file in the Source page |
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| to verify that the appropriate XML declaration and document type value are |
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| reflected.</p> |
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| <li class="skipspace"><span>The <span class="uicontrol">Convert to XHTML</span> dialog is also available |
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| for existing <i>XHTML</i> files, because it may be applicable in the following |
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| cases: </span> <ul><li>It can be used to change DOCTYPE declaration from one XHTML DTD to another; |
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| for example, from XHTML 1.0 Transitional to XHTML Basic 1.0.</li> |
| <li>It can be used to clean up tags that don't conform to XHTML standards, |
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| such as upper case tags in an existing XHTML file.</li> |
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