Inserting Internal Entity

You can insert a reference to a declared internal entity.

Do the following:

  1. Place the cursor in the position for insertion.

    Place the cursor in the Editing Window or in the ContentMap in the position where you want to insert the internal entity reference.

  2. Call up the Insert Internal Entity Dialog.

    To call up the Insert Internal Entity Dialog, do one of the following:

    • Choose Entity > Insert Internal Entity .

    • Press Ctrl-7.

    The Insert Internal Entity Dialog will appear. It contains the tree of declared internal entities.

    Figure 1. Insert Internal Entity Dialog.



  3. Select a DTD subset.

    On the Choose Internal Entity pane, select one of the DTD subsets:

    • Select the internal DTD subset.

      To select the internal DTD subset, click the Internal DTD Subset subtree.

      The Internal DTD Subset subtree shows internal entities declared in the edited document.

    • Select the external DTD subset.

      To select the external DTD subset, click the External DTD Subset subtree.

      The External DTD Subset subtree shows internal entities declared in a DTD file that is external to the edited document.

  4. Select the internal entity.

    In the selected subtree, click the internal entity to insert.

    The Entity Content pane shows the content of the selected internal entity in plain text.

    Figure 2. Internal entity selected for insertion.



  5. Insert the internal entity reference.

    To insert the reference to the selected internal entity, click OK.

    The internal entity reference will be inserted in the document.

    Figure 3. Internal entity reference inserted in the document.



    You can also convert the document portion from the internal entity into a regular content, change the internal entity declaration or remove the internal entity declaration.

Related tasks
Converting to Internal Entity
Converting from Internal Entity