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XSL-FO
Making XML Look Good in Print
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- Table of Contents
- + Preface
- + Planning for XSL-FO
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A First Look at XSL-FO
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Pagination
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Areas
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Blocks
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Inline Elements
- + Graphics and Color
- + Styling at the Character Level
- + Cross-Document Links
- + Putting It All Together
- + Stylesheet Organization
- How Do I Do That?
- + Finding Your Way Around the Specification
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Today’s Tools
- RenderX XEP Formatter
- Antenna House Formatter
- FOP Formatter
- PassiveTEX Formatter
- Unicorn Formatting Objects Formatter
- Formatting Objects Authoring Tool
- Render Engine from XML/XSL to PDF
- jfor, Java XSL-FO to RTF converter
- XMLmind FO Converter
- XSLfast
- Epic Editor V4.2
- IBM XSL Formatting Objects Composer (XFC)
- Summary
- + Objects, Properties, and Compliance Levels
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Inheritance Characteristics
- Font-, Character-, and Spacing-Related Properties
- Visibility-Related Properties
- Writing Mode–Related Properties
- Border- and Text Decoration–Related Properties
- Whitespace- and Line Break–Related Properties
- Leader- and Rule-Related Properties
- Indent-Related Properties
- Border-Related Properties
- Caption-Related Properties
- Color-Related Properties
- Alignment-Related Properties
- Table-Related Properties
- Keeps- and Breaks-Related Properties
- List-Related Properties
- Language-Related Properties
- Examples for Chapter10
- + Elements and Valid Properties
- + GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL)
- Glossary
- Index
No matter how flexible and convenient digital information has become, we haven't done away with the need to see information in print. Extensible Style Language-Formatting Objects, or XSL-FO, is a set of tools developers and web designers use to describe page printouts of their XML (including XHTML) documents. If you need to produce high quality printed material from your XML documents, then XSL-FO provides the bridge.
XSL-FO is one of the few books to go beyond a basic introduction to the technology. While many books touch on XSL-FO in their treatment of XSLT, this book offers in-depth coverage of XSL-FO's features and strengths. Author Dave Pawson is well known in the XSLT and XSL-FO communities, and maintains the XSLT FAQ. An online version of this book has helped many developers master this technology. XSL-FO is the first time this reference is available in print.
The first part of the book provides an overview of the technology and introduces the XSL-FO vocabulary. The author discusses how to choose among today's implementations, explains how to describe pages, and shows you what is going on in the processor in terms of layout. You'll learn about the basics of formatting and layout as well as readability.
The second part focuses on smaller pieces: blocks, inline structures, graphics, color and character level formatting, concluding by showing how to integrate these parts into a coherent whole. XSL-FO also explores organizational aspects you'll need to consider?how to design your stylesheets strategically rather than letting them evolve on their own.
XSL-FO is more than just a guide to the technology; the book teaches you how to think about the formatting of your documents and guides you through the questions you'll need to ask to ensure that your printed documents meet the same high standards as your computer-generated content. Written for experienced XML developers and web designers, no other book contains as much useful information on this practical technology.
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Computers > Programming Languages > XML
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Publication year : 2007
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 1,250
