If you change the list to a table and use absolute values for
column-width in the table you should be fine. The latter problem has
been fixed recently in the 0.95 branch:
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/fop/branches/fop-0_95

HTH

On 09.07.2008 16:31:28 Paul Hunnisett wrote:
> I've tried attaching the fo again.
> 
> All I want to do is a simple document.  It has some text, a simple list and
> a simple table.  At present I have no option other than RTF - unless I go
> back and say that it can't be done...
> 
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> 
> > Actually, you forgot to attach the FO file (or it got stripped at some
> > point). Anyway, I can only point you to:
> > http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.95/output.html#rtf
> > I've already updated the documentation on the RTF limitations a few days
> > ago, but those updates aren't live, yet. Just to replicate the
> > information here:
> >  These are some known restrictions compared to other supported output
> > formats (not a complete list):
> >
> >    * Not supported/implemented:
> >          o break-before/after (supported by the RTF library but not tied
> > into the RTFHandler)
> >          o fo:page-number-citation-last
> >          o keeps (supported by the RTF library but not tied into the
> > RTFHandler)
> >          o region-start/end (RTF limitation)
> >          o multiple columns
> >    * Only a single page-master is supported
> >    * Not all variations of fo:leader are supported (RTF limitation)
> >    * percentages are not supported everywhere
> >
> > Depending on what you're trying to do tweaking the FO won't help you.
> > Even "tweaking the Java code" ;-) might not help as many FO features
> > cannot be mapped to RTF. Basically, I don't recommend RTF production for
> > anything else than relatively simple documents. The limitations are too
> > severe.
> >
> > On 09.07.2008 15:09:50 Paul Hunnisett wrote:
> > > I've written an FO document that I need to convert into and RTF file.  It
> > > comes through the transform all messed up looking (sorry - best
> > > description!).  If I transform it into a PDF then it looks perfect, but
> > the
> > > RTF looks awful.
> > >
> > > I've attached the original fo, the PDF and the RTF output so that you can
> > > see what I'm aiming for and what I'm getting...
> > >
> > > I'm assuming the problem is to do with fo features not supported in the
> > RTF
> > > transform.  Is anyone aware of a way that I can tweak my fo to get the
> > > desired results in a way that will work?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Paul Hunnisett
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeremias Maerki
> >
> >



Jeremias Maerki


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