Susan F. wrote: > > You mention that XXE has "DocBook|Convert Document" menu which > includes "Convert to PDF". I'm interested in knowing more. I've been > here (http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/what_is_xfc.html) but the > XMLMind XSL-FO Converter doesn't seem to output to PDF. So that must > not be related. How do I add or enable the DocBook Convert to PDF > function? I'm using XXE 4.2.1 and currently the Convert menu is > disabled for DocBook submenu.
--> Only XMLmind XML Editor *Professional* Edition has a "DocBook|Convert Document" submenu. When this submenu exists, its menu items are never disabled/grayed (when a DocBook document is being edited). On the other hand, XMLmind XML Editor *Personal* Edition has no "DocBook|Convert Document" submenu at all. By getting an evaluation key from here: http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/evaluate.html and installing this evaluation key using "Help|Install Evaluation Key", you'll temporarily transform Personal Edition into Evaluation Edition which also has a "DocBook|Convert Document" submenu. So the first step is to make sure that you are actually running XMLmind XML Editor Professional Edition. Please use "Help|About" to check this. --> Now let's assume that you have XMLmind XML Editor Professional Edition (or Evaluation Edition). You'll be able out of the box to convert your DocBook documents to HTML, HTML Help, JavaHelp, Epub, Eclipse Help. In order to be able to convert your DocBook documents to PDF and PostScript, you need to install the add-on called "Apache FOP 1.x XSL-FO processor plug-in". In order to be able to convert your DocBook documents to RTF, WordML, .docx, .odt, you need to install the add-on called "XMLmind FO Converter XSL-FO processor plug-in". Installing such add-ons is in principle very easy. Use "Options|Install Add-ons". Select the add-ons using the displayed dialog box. Click OK. Accept all the suggested dependencies. Restart XMLmind XML Editor as suggested. More information in http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.app.part.InstallAddonsDialog.html Please try to install the "Apache FOP 1.x XSL-FO processor plug-in" using menu item "Options|Install Add-ons". (This will not work. See below. However by doing this you'll get acquainted to the process of installing add-ons.) --> We keep add-ons online only for the last two versions of XMLmind XML Editor (that is, 4.4 and 4.3). Unfortunately this means that the "Options|Install Add-ons" dialog box will *not* show you the add-ons you need. Please upgrade to latest version of XMLmind XML Editor using this form: http://www.xmlmind.com/store/download.php If for any reasons, you cannot do that, this is not a big problem. Just inform me of the situation and I'll explain how to change the user preferences (using "Options|Preferences") to make XMLmind XML Editor download add-ons from our add-on *archive*. --- PS: Please use the xmleditor-support at xmlmind.com public mailing list as your questions seem not to contain any confidential information and seem to always be of general interest.
