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This section provides a tutorial example on how to download and install Notepad++ 5.9 on Windows system; and how to add the XML Tools Plugin in Notepad++.

Downloading and installing Notepad++ 5.9 is easy. See steps below:

1. Go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/notepad-plus/, and click "Files" > "notepad++ releases binary" > "npp 5.9 bin" You see a list of Notepad++ 5.9 files.

2. Click on "npp.5.9.Installer.exe" to start the download and save the file to the desktop.

3. Double-click "npp.5.9.Installer.exe" on the desktop. You see "Notepad++ v.5.9 Setup" window showing up.

4. Follow the setup instruction to finish installation.

5. Click "Start" button, then "All programs" > "Notepad++" > "Notepad++" to start the program.

"XML Tools Plugin" is not included in the default installation of Notepad++. You need to follow these steps to add it:

1. Run Notepad++ and click menu "Plugins" > "Plugin Manager" > "Show plugin manager" You see the "Plugin Manager" window showing up.

2. Find "XML Tools" in the "Available" list and make it checked. Then click "Install" to finish adding "XML Tools" to Notepad++.

3. Click menu "Plugins" > "XML Tools". You see a list of XML Tools commands showing up.

Now you are ready to play with the XML Tools Plugin in Notepad++.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of XML (eXtensible Markup Language)

 XML File Syntax

 XML File Browsers

 XML-JSON Document Conversion

 DOM (Document Object Model) Programming Interface

 SAX (Simple API for XML) Programming Interface

 DTD (Document Type Definition) Introduction

 Syntaxes of DTD Statements

 Validating an XML Document against the Specified DTD Document Type

 XSD (XML Schema Definition) Introduction

 Syntaxes of XSD Statements

 Validating XML Documents Against Specified XML Schemas

 XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) Introduction

 XSLT (XSL Transformations) Introduction

 Java Implementation of XSLT

 XPath (XML Path) Language

 XSLT Elements as Programming Statements

 Control and Generate XML Element in the Result

 PHP Extensions for XML Manipulation

 XML Notepad - XML Editor

 XML Tools Plugin for Notepad++

 XML Plugin Packages for Atom Editor

 XML 1.1 Changes and Parsing Examples

Outdated Tutorials

 Outdated: Downloading and Installing Notepad++ 6.8

Outdated: Downloading and Installing Notepad++ 5.9

 Outdated: Using DOM Implementation Provided in JDK 1.4

 Outdated: Using SAX Implementation Provided in JDK 1.4

 References

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