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XML Well-Formedness Details for HTML Documents

When opening an HTML document in Author mode, if it is not XML well-formed, you will see a warning message at the top of the editor explaining that once you make a modification, the document will be automatically converted to proper XML structure. Examples of things that are automatically converted include:
Tip: It is also possible to manually convert HTML documents to be XML well-formed. There are two ways to do this, depending on whether you want to convert a single document or batch convert multiple documents at once:
  • Single Document - To convert a single HTML document, right-click anywhere in the currently open HTML document (in the main editor) and select HTML to XML Well-formed.
  • Multiple Documents - To batch convert multiple HTML documents at once, go to the Project Explorer view, select the documents you want to convert, then right-click and select HTML to XML Well-formed.
    Notes:
    • All selected HTML files are backed up before being processed (same path/name but with the ".bak" extension added at the end).
    • Any detected conversion errors are grouped and listed in a dedicated tab in the Results pane at the bottom of the application.
    • A brief report is displayed at the end of the operation.