Setting file editor preferences

Use the File Editor category of the Preferences dialog box to select or change your primary editing applications for each type of file you edit. Then, when you need to edit web page content, such as an image, in an external application, Contribute starts the application for you.

Note: Before you set file editor preferences, make sure to close the application you want to set as a file editor.

To change the editor for a file type:

1. Select a file type in the left pane.

   Associated editors appear in the right pane. If the application you want to select is in the pane, skip to step 5.

2. Click the Plus (+) button above the right pane.

   The Select External Editor dialog box appears.

3. Navigate to the application you want to add, and click Open.

   The application name appears in the right pane.

   Note: You can associate an editor with the Web Page Source type, but if the Contribute administrator has not enabled source editing for your website, you cannot start an external application to edit the source.

4. Select the application you want Contribute to start for the selected file type, and then click the Make Primary button.

   The word Primary appears beside the application name.

5. Click OK.

To add a file type and associate an editor:

1. Click the Plus (+) button above the left pane, and then type the file type.
2. Click the Plus (+) button above the right pane.

   The Select External Editor dialog box appears.

3. Navigate to the application you want to associate with the new file type, and click Open.

   The application appears name appears in the right pane.

4. Click OK.

To delete a file type or associated editor:

1. Select a file type in the left pane or an application in the right pane.
2. Click the Minus (-) button above the pane.

   The file type or application name disappears from the pane.

   Note: You cannot delete the Web Page Source type.

3. Click OK.

Related topics

• Setting Contribute preferences

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