For XML file types, you can choose whether the file filter software preserves whitespace or normalizes it. Preservation means that whitespace is not modified. Normalization means replacing whitespace with a single space. Normalization is done when the file is converted to sdlxliff. You can set the whitespace setting for a file type as a whole in the Whitespace page. You can also set the whitespace setting in a parser rule. Where a parser rule applies, it overrides the setting from the Whitespace page).