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# XML Filter Settings

Opens the XML Filter Settings dialog, where you can create, edit, delete, and test filters to import and to export XML files.

To access this command...

Choose Tools - Macros - XML Filter Settings.

Some filters are only available as optional components during the LibreOfficeDev installation. To install an optional filter, run the LibreOfficeDev Setup application, select "Modify", and then select the filter that you want in the list of modules.

The term XML filter is used in the following as a shortcut for the more exact description as an XSLT based filter.

Term | Description
--- | ---
XML | Extensible Markup Language
XSL | Extensible Stylesheet Language
XSLT | Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation. XSLT files are also called XSLT stylesheets.

The XHTML export filter produces valid "XHTML 1.0 Strict" output for Writer, Calc, Draw, and Impress documents.

## Filter list

Select one or more filters, then click one of the buttons.

The lists shows the name and the type of the installed filters.

1. Click a filter to select it.

2. Shift-click or CommandCtrl-click to select several filters.

3. Double-click a name to edit the filter.

## New

Opens a dialog with the name of a new filter.

## Edit

Opens a dialog with the name of the selected file.

## Test XSLTs

Opens a dialog with the name of the selected file.

## Delete

Deletes the selected file after you confirm the dialog that follows.

## Save as Package

Displays a Save as dialog to save the selected file as an XSLT filter package (*.jar).

## Open Package

Displays an Open dialog to open a filter from an XSLT filter package (*.jar).

## Help

Displays the help page for this dialog.

## Close

Closes the dialog.

Related Topics

About XML Filters

XML File Formats