Often elements will have attributes, which are extra bits of information. Attributes appear inside the opening tag and their value is always inside quotation marks. They look something like this:
Often, writers will remove the value, but not the attribute. The proper way is to delete the unnecessary attribute.
Improper Method of Deleting Attributes
When an attribute is not required, it is important to delete the attribute and not null it out (as just remove the value).
For example below, the label attribute has been nulled out.
In this example, the label attribute has been deleted.
Proper Method of Deleting an Attribute
To delete an attribute, place the cursor inside the start tag of the element, open the Modify Attributes dialog box (CTRL-D), and click inside the attribute text box for the attribute to be deleted. Then click Delete and finally click OK to close the Modify Attributes dialog box.
Tip: Attributes that have been modified are displayed in blue text in the Modify Attributes dialog box.
