Thank you for such a quick and comprehensive reply. Vic Steadman Executive Consultant Mobile: +44 (0) 7940 507304
-----Original Message----- From: Hussein Shafie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 23 September 2013 15:53 To: Vic Steadman Cc: [email protected]; '[email protected]'; [email protected] Subject: Re: [ditac] Output to pdf - Removing header separator On 09/23/2013 03:29 PM, Vic Steadman wrote: > > I am using XMLMind/ditac to output to a pdf file. > > I want to be able to turn off the underlining for all headings/titles > but cannot find where this style attribute is controlled. I would be > grateful if you could advise how I might do this. > --> You need to customize the fo.xsl XSLT stylesheet as explained here: 2. Customizing the look of the PDF files generated by ditac http://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/_distrib/doc/manual/manual-6.html#customAttributeSet --> If you want to suppress the underlining for all titles, whatever its kind, your custom fo.xsl file must contain the following attribute-set: --- <xsl:attribute-set name="topic-title"> <xsl:attribute name="border-bottom-style">none</xsl:attribute> </xsl:attribute-set> --- The stock value of this attribute-set being: --- <xsl:attribute-set name="topic-title" use-attribute-sets="title"> <xsl:attribute name="font-size">160%</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="border-bottom-width">0.5pt</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="border-bottom-style">solid</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="border-bottom-color" select="$title-color"/> <xsl:attribute name="padding-bottom">0.05em</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="space-before.optimum">1.5em</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="space-before.minimum">1.2em</xsl:attribute> <xsl:attribute name="space-before.maximum">1.8em</xsl:attribute> </xsl:attribute-set> --- Attribute-sets having the same name are merged, that's why this works fine. --> More generally, if you cannot customize the output using a documented XSLT stylesheet parameter, then you can generally do it by redefining an attribute-set. Attribute-sets are not documented. You need to browse the source of the XSLT stylesheets to find what to do by yourself. --> XMLmind XML Editor (http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/) and XMLmind XSL Utility (http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/xsl_utility.html) both allow to customize an XSLT stylesheet without creating a customization file by hand. It took me just 2 minutes to create and put to use the attached fo_custom.xsl from within XMLmind XML Editor. More information in: * 11. The "Customize Document Conversion Stylesheets" dialog box http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.kit.part.ConversionStylesheetsEditor.html * 11.3. The "XMLmind XSL Customizer" application http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xslcustom.Customizer.html You can use the attached fo_custom.xsl with ditac if you replace: <xsl:import href="xxe-config:dita/xsl/fo/fo.xsl"/> by: <xsl:import href="ditac-xsl:fo/fo.xsl"/> -- XMLmind DITA Converter Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/ditac-support
