Thank you Bob, I found the section in the param.xsl file and then took a copy and put it in my customization layer. Worked after that.
Russell 2008/8/27 Bob Stayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, > You are running into a bit of inconsistent behavior in the FO stylesheets. > Some titles have attribute-sets that are applied *after* the specs in the > titlepage spec file. The template named "component.title" applies the > attribute-set named "component.title.properties", which you can see in > fo/param.xsl. That is overriding your specs, so you will need to customize > that attribute-set as well. > > The attribute-set idea was meant to be a convenience, since it is easier to > customize an attribute-set. But really those attribute-sets should have > been created empty, so that the titlepage spec file mechanism can work > without confusion if you don't customize the attribute-set. > > Bob Stayton > Sagehill Enterprises > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Russell Seymour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* apps docbook <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 27, 2008 3:07 AM > *Subject:* [docbook-apps] Titlepage Layout and Width > > I am trying to customise my front page title page of my Article. > > I have copied and modified the titlepage, so that it is based on this: > > <t:titlepage-content t:side="recto" > start-indent="0pt" > text-align="left"> > > <title t:named-template="component.title" > param:node="ancestor-or-self::article[1]" > font-size="&hsize5;" > font-weight="bold" > margin-top="5cm" > text-align="left" /> > > <subtitle text-align='left' /> > > <corpauthor space-before="0.5em" > font-size="&hsize2;"/> > <authorgroup space-before="0.5em" > font-size="&hsize2;"/> > > > <othercredit space-before="0.5em"/> > <releaseinfo space-before="0.5em"/> > <copyright space-before="0.5em"/> > <legalnotice text-align="start" > margin-left="0.5in" > margin-right="0.5in" > font-family="{$body.fontset}"/> > <pubdate space-before="0.5em"/> > <revision space-before="0.5em"/> > <revhistory space-before="0.5em"/> > <abstract space-before="0.5em" > text-align="start" > margin-left="0.5in" > margin-right="0.5in" > font-family="{$body.fontset}"/> > > <author space-before="1.5em" > font-size="&hsize0;" > margin-left="0.5in" /> > </t:titlepage-content> > > As you can see I have tried to make everything align to the left, but the > Title is not and is still displayed centered on the page, but I want it on > the left. > > In addition the space available for Subtitle and Abstract seems to be > limited, in that my text is wrapped. I cannot work out if this is a column > restriction or similar. Does anyone know? > > Finally I want to have an abstract on the front page, but is it possible to > change the title to Executive Summary or get rid of it altogether - the > title that is? > > Thanks for helping me again, > > Russell > >
