# Editing text coded in markup languages - overview

You can edit text coded in markup languages with a structured text editor. This is a generic term for several editors that you can use to edit any of several markup languages such as HTML or XML.

In addition to basic editing tasks such as adding, modifying, and deleting text, you can perform the following tasks:

- Set preferences for structured text editors
- Get content assistance in structured text editors
- Search or find text within a file
- Check spelling
- Add or remove markup language templates
- Edit with snippets

Related concepts
Structured text editors for markup languages
Content assist
Snippets view

Related tasks
Setting preferences for structured text editors
Getting content assistance in structured text editors
Searching or finding text within a file
Checking spelling
Adding and removing markup language templates - overview
Editing with snippets - overview

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