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Pauline Bessoles 7.1 1 XWiki supports two editing profiles—**Simple** and **Advanced**—to accommodate different user needs. By default, new users are assigned the Simple profile, but this can be changed from the [[User Profile>>extensions:Extension.User Module.User Profile Application.WebHome]] (accessible via the top-right menu when logged in).
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3 {{id name="HSimpleMode"/}}
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Pauline Bessoles 7.1 5 == Simple user ==
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7 Clicking on the "Edit" button has the following behavior for a "Simple" user:
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Pauline Bessoles 7.1 9 * If the page is displayed by a sheet (e.g., has an associated object with a sheet), then the page is edited in [[Inline form>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.PageEditing.WebHome||anchor="HFormeditingmode28akainlinemode29"]] edit mode.
10 * If the page is a plain wiki page (i.e., doesn't use a sheet):
11 ** If WYSIWYG is the preferred editor //and// the page syntax supports it, editing happens [[in-place>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.PageEditing.WebHome||anchor="HIn-placeediting"]].
12 ** Otherwise, editing defaults to [[Wiki edit mode>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.PageEditing.WebHome||anchor="HWikieditingmode"]].
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14 {{id name="HAdvancedMode"/}}
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Pauline Bessoles 7.1 16 == Advanced user ==
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Pauline Bessoles 7.1 18 The Advanced profile provides access to all editing modes, intended for users familiar with XWiki internals and programming features. After switching to the Advanced profile from the [[User Profile>>extensions:Extension.User Module.User Profile Application.WebHome]] page, the **Edit** button reveals a dropdown with the following options:
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Pauline Bessoles 7.1 20 * Wiki: Edit raw wiki content.
21 * [[Form Editing Mode>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.PageEditing.WebHome||anchor="HFormeditingmode28akainlinemode29"]]: Edit page content via form when a sheet is available.
22 * [[Object Editing Mode>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.PageEditing.WebHome||anchor="HObjectseditingmode"]]: Edit objects attached to the page.
23 * [[Class Editing Mode>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.PageEditing.WebHome||anchor="HClasseseditingmode"]]: Edit the class definition of the page.
24 * [[Access Rights Editing Mode>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.PageEditing.WebHome||anchor="HAccessRightseditingmode"]]: Available for [[Terminal pages>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.ContentOrganization||anchor="HTerminology"]] only. For [[Nested Pages>>Documentation.UserGuide.Features.ContentOrganization||anchor="HTerminology"]], use **Administer Page** under **More Actions** (three-dot menu).
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26 {{image reference="EditAdvancedMode.png"/}}
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Pauline Bessoles 8.1 28 === Related pages ===
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Pauline Bessoles 10.1 30 [[User types>>extensions:Extension.User Module.User Profile Application.UserTypes.WebHome]]

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