1. Power Hour May 2013 XSL-FO Basic Concepts and Markup
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Power Hour May 2013
XSL-FO Basic Concepts and Markup

2. XSL-FO Basic Concepts and Markup
Power Hour – May 2013
Agenda
XSL-FO Basic Concepts and Markup
Survey Results
Webinar Schedule

3. XSL-FO Basic Concepts and Markup
Power Hour – May 2013
XSL-FO Basic Concepts and Markup

4. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Experience

5. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
What are your goals for this session?

6. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
What are your goals for this session?
Two line headers and two line footers implementation
I'm experienced with FrameMaker, WebWorks, HTML/CSS publishing but new to XSL-FO
Nothing in particular. Just wanted to check out the topic.

7. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Today’s Goals
Create a custom title page
Two line headers and two line footers implementation
Leverage XSL-FO variables in headers/footers
Define new master pages (via ePublisher)

8. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Topics to cover:
Concepts (versus PDF and HTML)
Page and Page Sequence Masters
Page Sequences
Formatting
XSL-FO Markers

9. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Concepts (versus PDF and HTML)
HTML
Single page
Content can be modified or edited
Layout is dynamic, reacts to content

10. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Concepts (versus PDF and HTML)
PDF
Designed to “paint” a page
Editing not a consideration
Limited reflow support, primarily static layout

11. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Concepts (versus PDF and HTML)
XSL-FO
Defines rules for how to generate pages based on content
Content can change, pages created as needed during rendering process
Templates and layout hints (ala HTML+CSS)

12. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Page and Page Sequence Masters
Template for all pages
Define five content regions
Page sequence masters define left/right layout handling

13. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Page and Page Sequence Masters
Margins
Before
Start
Body
End
After

14. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Page and Page Sequence Masters <simple-page-master master-name="index-even-master-page" page-height="11in" page-width="8.5in" margin-bottom="0.1in" margin-left="0.5in" margin-right="0.5in" margin-top="0.5in"> <region-body region-name="index-body" margin-top="0.5in" margin-bottom="0.5in" /> <region-before region-name="index-even-header" extent="0.5in" /> <region-after region-name="index-even-footer" extent="0.5in" /> </simple-page-master>

15. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Page and Page Sequence Masters
Reference defined page masters
Margins
Before
Body
Start
End
After L
Margins
Before
Body
Start
End
After R

16. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Page and Page Sequence Masters <page-sequence-master master-name="index-pages"> <repeatable-page-master-alternatives> <conditional-page-master-reference odd-or-even="even" master-reference="index-even-master-page" /> <conditional-page-master-reference odd-or-even="odd" master-reference="index-odd-master-page" /> </repeatable-page-master-alternatives> </page-sequence-master>

17. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Page Sequences
Reference master page sequences
Contain zero or more static content definitions
Contain at least one flow

18. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Page Sequences <page-sequence master-reference="index-pages"> <static-content flow-name="index-odd-header"> <block>Index</block> </static-content> <static-content flow-name="index-even-header"> <block>Index</block> </static-content> <static-content flow-name="index-even-footer"> <block><page-number />- Index</block> </static-content> <static-content flow-name="index-odd-footer"> <block>Index - <page-number /></block> </static-content> <flow flow-name="index-body"> </flow> </page-sequence>

19. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Flows
Content “body” content
Layout is determined by how they are processed into their master page sequence

20. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Flows <flow flow-name="index-body"> <block id="index-title">Index</block> <block>More stuff in the index.</block> </flow>

21. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Formatting
Generally use block level and inline elements
<fo:block> similar to HTML <div>
<fo:inline> similar to HTML <span>
Explicit via attributes (nothing like CSS)
Inherited based on hierarchy

22. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Formatting <block id="lummOFoL054_XZvKvYkTiYQ_pID0E0PE0HA“ color="#000000" font-size="16pt" font-weight="bold" font-family=""Times New Roman"" margin-bottom="12pt" margin-top="12pt" margin-left="0pt" text-indent="0pt" page-break-before="true"> Creating Popup Windows </block> <block> <inline font-family=""Courier New"" color="#000000" font-size="9pt"> Exploring ePublisher.doc </inline> </block>

23. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
XSL-FO Markers
Allow references to content based on layout results
Used to implement running header/footer titles

24. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
XSL-FO Markers <fo:marker marker-class-name="RunningTitle"> Chapter 3 - Learning XSLT </fo:marker> <fo:retrieve-marker retrieve-class-name="RunningTitle" retrieve-position="last-ending-within-page" />

25. XSL-FO – Basic Concepts and Markup
Today’s Goals
Create a custom title page
Two line headers and two line footers implementation
Leverage XSL-FO variables in headers/footers
Define new master pages (via ePublisher)

26. Power Hour – May 2013
Survey Results

27. Survey Results
When to meet:

28. Survey Results
Voice Options:

29. Survey Results
Topics to cover:

30. Survey Results
Topics to cover:
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31. Power Hour – May 2013
Webinar Schedule

32. Power Hour: Webinar Schedule June 27th at 2:00pm Central
PDFs from DITA Examining the process of DITA to XSL-FO to PDF
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33. Show Me: Webinar Schedule June 20th at 10:30am Central
Learn what the ePublisher platform can do for you
Repeats monthly on the 3rd Thursday
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34. Study Hall: Webinar Schedule June 12th at 1:00pm Central
Open forum for ePublisher users
Repeats monthly on the 2nd and last Wednesdays
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35. Power Hour May 2013 XSL-FO Basic Concepts and Markup