Procedure

1. In main menu, select View → Create XLIFF or click the  Create XLIFF option on the left panel.
2. Type the name and location of the document to convert to XLIFF in the Source File text box or click the Browse... button next to it to select a document from the file system.

   Tip If you use the Browse... button to select a file, the program tries to automatically guess its file type and character set.

3. Select the language of the document to convert using the Source Language drop-down list.
4. Optionally, select the language of the translated document using the Target Language drop-down list.
5. Select or adjust the type of source document using the File Type drop-down list.
6. Select or adjust the character set of the source document using the Character Set drop-down list.
7. If you are converting a DITA map and need to use a .ditaval file for conditional filtering, enter its path in the DITAVAL File text box or use the Browse... button next to it to select a file from the file system.
8. Select the Ignore Translatable SVG Files checkbox if you are converting a DITA map and need to exclude SVG files from the generated XLIFF.
9. If you are converting a JSON document and need to use a custom configuration file, enter its name and location in the JSON Configuration text box or use the Browse... button next to it to select a file from the file system.

   Tip Information on configuration files for the JSON filter is available at https://github.com/rmraya/OpenXLIFF

10. Use the XLIFF Version radio buttons to select the version of XLIFF that you want to generate.

    NOTICE The program generates XLIFF 2.1 by default.

11. Select the Paragraph Segmentation checkbox if you want source text to be segmented at paragraph level.

    NOTICE The program uses sentence-level segmentation by default. You can select the default SRX file used for segmentation in the Settings dialog.

12. Select the Embed Skeleton checkbox if you want the skeleton file to be inserted in the generated XLIFF.

    NOTICE The program generates a separated skeleton file in the folder defined in Settings dialog. An embedded skeleton allows merging the XLIFF file in any computer, not just the one where the XLIFF was generated.

13. Click the Create XLIFF button.