Today I used Eclipse with the XMLBuddy plugin to format (prettify) a chunk of XML.
I then tweaked it with TextPad... as follows.
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Get Eclipse at http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/. The IDE for Java developers will probably be fine for you. (It may seem like serious overkill for formatting a bit of XML, but that all depends on how badly you want to format that bit of XML now doesn't it? :))
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Get the XMLBuddy plugin: http://www.xmlbuddy.com/2.0/download.php
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You just need to unpack the XMLBuddy plugin ZIP file to the Eclipse "plugins" directory, but here are some XMLBuddy install tips in case you have problems: http://www.xmlbuddy.com/2.0/faq.html#install
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Then just open your XML file with Eclipse and choose "Format" from the "XML" menu.
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The only problem is that it uses tabs to indent the XML, which you may find a bit of a pain, so I then tweaked it in TextPad as follows:
Copy the XML you formatted in Eclipse into TextPad (or some other text editor with search&replace) and use F8 (find/replace) to swap the tabs for spaces, and you've got a decently formatted bit of XML!
Good luck :)
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