Visual InterDev

Choosing an Alternate Editor

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Microsoft^® Visual InterDev™ allows you to choose from a variety of editors to work with files in your project. The default editors are:

• The HTML editor, which allows you to edit the layout of your Web page and create scripts. The HTML editor opens automatically when you create or open an HTML page or ASP page.
  
  
• The style sheet editor, which opens when you create or edit a cascading style sheet (.css file).
  
  
• The text editor, which opens when you create or edit a text file.
  
  
• If you prefer, you can use an alternate editor. Choices include:
  
  
• Microsoft^® FrontPage^®, which you might use if you are already familiar with FrontPage, or if you want to take advantage of specific FrontPage features such as WebBots.
  
  
• An external editor of your choice.

You can choose a specific editor to open a page as needed, or you can make it the default editor for that type of page.

To open a Web page in a selected editor

1. In the Project Explorer, right-click the name of the file and then choose Open With.
   
   
2. Select an editor to use. If you want to make your choice the default editor, choose Set as Default.
   
   
3. Choose OK.