XML Publisher Business Applications

Government Forms

 Government Forms – High fidelity – Fixed formats  Example: – SF52 – W-2 – 1099

Using Classic Reporting Tools Mimic Public Sector Templates Must be same geometry, font, margin size, etc. Public Sector Templates Report files Report Output

More templates … More resources … Report Output Using Classic Reporting Tools Report files

Template updates … Maintenance forever … Font size change Add another field Margin chang e Reflect all changes Report Output Using Classic Reporting Tools Report files

Using PDF Forms Government Templates XML Data PDF filled with data XML Publisher Take template as it is Utilize original templates

Using PDF Forms More and more reports … No additional resources XML Data XML Publisher

Using PDF Forms Take the latest Government Templates Template updates … XML Data Minimum maintenance XML Publisher

Using XML Publisher PDF Forms Benefits  Exact format for government reports  Performance / Scalability  Security / encryption  MLS Support (Font Embedding)  WYSIWYG printout  Compressed PDF output

Partner Reports

 Requirements – High fidelity (company logos…) – Exact Layout – Tables  Example: – Purchase Order – Invoice – Check

PDF Form Table Support  Extension to PDF forms PDF Form template with table field

 Extension to PDF forms More data … No space in the template PDF Form Table Support

 Duplicate pages More data … PDF Form Table Support

 Or, fill in supplemental pages More data … PDF Form Table Support

PDF Forms Advanced Features Benefits  Handling of repeated table rows  Table and large text field over multiple pages  Repeating header and footer  Greater flexibility of customization

Marketing Materials / Contracts

 Examples: – Proposal – Quoting – Campaign letter – Contract

 Marketing materials / Contracts – High fidelity  Image  Graph  Color – Conditionally structured texts  Table of contents  Sections and subsections  Bullet points  Highlight, underline, bold  Page numbers Marketing Materials / Contracts

Using RTF Template Converts from RTF to XSL:FO internally Layout, paginate, and render to different formats PDF or RTF output formats XML Publisher MS Word Authoring by marketing personnel XSL:FO RTF Data Report Output

Same layout, multiple formats Flexible delivery Editable in RTF Delivery Server PDF RTF / HTML Not editable in PDF TIFF PS Using RTF Template

Benefits  Utilize the most common authoring tool  Utilize existing marketing materials in Word  RTF output for editing  HTML output for Marketing Campaign  PDF output format for secure document, Archiving – Reduce Archiving Size Problem  Schedule Print and FAX directly from the server

Financial Reporting

 Requirements – High fidelity – Tables – Multiple formats  Example: – Financial Statements – Aging Reports – Dunning Letter

Using RTF/Excel Template Converts from RTF to XSL:FO internally Layout, paginate, and render to different formats PDF, RTF or Excel output formats XML Publisher Authoring by finance personnel XSL:FO RTF Data Report Output