Re: customizing the conversion of DITA to PDF

Mary M. wrote:
>
> I have a few questions on the look and feel of the pdf generator through
> xsl-util.
>
> 1.In the frontmatter, each topic takes its own page – is there any way
> of putting them straight after each other? I have 3 files for doc
> versioning/approval/control,

No, there is no way to do that using XMLmind XSL Utility.




>
> Which are really front matter, but there’s a ton of white space that I’d
> like to get rid of.
>
> 2.Under each topic heading there’s a line – is it possible to get rid of it?
>

Sure. In XMLmind XSL Utility,

1) Select the conversion specification called "ditaToPDF".

2) Click "Edit" to modify this conversion specification.

3) Click the "Transform" tab.

4) From there, follow the customization procedure documented in the 
following sections:

4.3. Customizing a stock XSLT stylesheet
http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/_distrib/xslutil/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xslutil.ConversionEditor.html#customizing_xslt

and then in:

4.3.2. Creating an XSLT stylesheet customization
http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/_distrib/xslutil/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xslutil.ConversionEditor.html#creating_xslt_customization

By following this procedure, you'll use a helper application called 
"XMLmind XSL Customizer" to create a .xsl file customizing our stock fo.xsl.

In your .xsl customization file, using "XMLmind XSL Customizer", add 
attribute:

border-bottom-style

with value:

none

in the attribute-set called:

topic-title

See attached screenshot.

Doing all this is much quicker and much simpler than it seems. The only 
difficult part is determining which 
attribute-set/attribute-name/attribute-value to change to get what you want.

It's not possible to determine this 
attribute-set/attribute-name/attribute-value without looking at the 
source of our DITA XSLT stylesheets, that's why we'll try to do this 
difficult part for you.


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