Microsoft XML Notepad - Menus

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Microsoft XML Notepad provides the following menu commands.

File
The file menu contains the following commands:
New
Start a new XML document.
Open
Open an XML document for editing.
Reload
Discard any edits you've made and reload the file as it exists on disk.
Save
Save any edits you've made to the file disk.
Save As
Save the current document to a different file name on disk.
Export Errors
Save the contents of the Error List in an XML format.
Recent Files
This menu provides quick access to the last 10 XML documents you've edited.
Exit
Closes Microsoft XML Notepad.
Edit
The edit menu contains the following commands:
Undo
Undo the previous edit operation.
Redo
Reverses the last undo operation.
Cut
Copy the selected node to the clipboard (and its children) and remove that node from the tree. See Clipboard support.
Copy
Copy the selected node to the clipboard (and its children).
Paste
Parse the XML in the clipboard and create new nodes in the tree under the selected node.
Delete
Delete the seletced node.
Insert
Insert a new node of the same type (element, attribute, processing instruction, comment, etc) as the currently selected node.  This makes it easy to build a list of nodes that have the same type.
Duplicate
Clone the selected node (and its children) and insert the clone as the next sibling.
Change To
Changes the selected node to the specified node type.
Goto Definition
Open the selected XInclude or open the XML Schema that defines the selected node in a new instance of Microsoft XML Notepad.
Expand XIncludes
Expand all XInlcude elements with the contents of the XML documents they point to.
Nudge
Moves the selected node:
Up
Before the previous sibling, or before the parent if there are no previous siblings.
Down
After the next sibling, or after the parent if there is no next sibling.
Left
Before the parent if this is the first child, otherwise after the parent.
Right
so it becomes the last child of the previous sibling.
Find...
Brings up the find dialog.
Replace...
Brings up the replace dialog.
Incremental Search...
Allows you to instantly find what you type.
View
Expand All
Expand all collapsed nodes in the entire tree. See "Expand" item on the context menu if you just want to expand the selected node.
Collapse all
Collapse all expanded nodes in the entire tree (except the root node). See "Collapse" item on the context menu if you just want to collapse the selected node.
Status Bar
Toggle the visiblity of the status bar.
Source
Show the current XML document in text form using "Notepad".
Options...
Display the Options Dialog.
Schemas...
Display the Schemas Dialog.
Next Error
Navigate to the next error in the list of errors.
Compare XML Files...
Launches XML Diff which compares the currrent document you are editing with another document on disk and displays the results.
Insert
Contains commands for inserting various node types. You can insert before, after or as a child of the currently selected node. Only those insert operations that result in well formed document will be enabled.
Window
Provides a "New window" command for launching another instance of Microsoft XML Notepad.
Help
Bring up the help contents and index as well as the About Dialog.