Re: Assistance Needed: Issues with DITA Map Export to PDF and Spelling Errors

On 3/12/24 09:14, Leander Scheske wrote:
> 
> I am currently working on a DITA Map and have created several topics and 
> inserted them into the map. Now, I would like to export the map as a 
> PDF, however, two errors occurred during the export process.
> 
> 1. Spelling errors occur such as in the following sentence "Keee the 
> controller awaa from liquids or siiilar." These errors persist in every 
> publication elsewhere.

That's normal because you are using XMLmind XML Editor Personal Edition.

See note "Professional Edition features running in “evaluation mode” 
when using Personal Edition", 
https://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/download.shtml#about_eval_mode



> 
> 2. I would like each topic to begin on a new page. Unfortunately, I do 
> not know how to achieve this, and I have not found a solution in the 
> forum or on the internet.

The pagination is driven the part/chapter/section structure of the DITA 
bookmap/map and by not by the topics referenced by the map. Therefore 
the short answer is: sorry, not possible.

However you may try this:

* Force a page break before each topic by inserting <?pagebreak?> 
processing-instructions in your DITA source. See "Tip" in 
https://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/_distrib/doc/manual/webhelp/xsltParams.html#xsltParams__xslFOParams 


OR

* Use a bookmap rather than a map. The bookmap contains <chapter>s (a 
<chapter> is a kind of <topicref>; 
http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/dita/v1.3/errata02/os/complete/part2-tech-content/langRef/technicalContent/chapter.html), 
each <chapter> pointing to a different <topic>.

This one is guaranteed to work.

If your topics are nested or if a single DITA file contains multiple 
topics 
(http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/dita/v1.3/errata02/os/complete/part2-tech-content/langRef/base/dita.html), 
this can still work but you'll have to make extra efforts when creating 
your bookmap. However, as always, it's best to have "one .dita file = 
one topic".



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