M. Ayad wrote: > > I have been looking at the excellent XMLmind XML Editor for document > production. > > I would like to know if it is possible to ‘style’ the standard output > black/white (PDF/WORD) output into something more colourful (corporate > colours)?
Yes, this is certainly possible. However, first, please take the time to read this FAQ: ''How do I customize the HTML, PDF, RTF, etc, generated using the "Convert Document" menu?'' http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/faq.html#custom_deliverables > > I have had a good look but I can’t find anything in this area? > This is done by customizing the XSLT stylesheets used to convert the input XML file to the intermediate XSL-FO format (this intermediate format is then converted to PDF or .docx by the means of Apache FOP, RenderX XEP, XMLmind XSL-FO Converter, etc). Customizing the XSLT stylesheets is done by two means: [1] Specify custom values for some parameters. This is easy (once you know which parameter to change) because, using XMLmind XML Editor Professional Edition, this is done once for all from within the application using a dialog box. See Options menu, "Customize Configuration" submenu" -- http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/customizeConfigurationMenu.html See the "Change Document Conversion Parameters" dialog box -- http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.kit.part.ConversionParametersEditor.html DocBook XSL stylesheets parameter reference: http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/doc/fo/index.html DITA XSL stylesheets parameter reference: http://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/_distrib/doc/manual/xsltParams.html#xsltParams AND/OR [2] Replace the stock XSLT stylesheets by a simple, tiny, custom XSLT stylesheet importing the stock XSLT stylesheets and adding a number of <xsl:attribute-set>s to the stock XSLT stylesheets. How to do this for the DocBook XSL stylesheets is explained here: "DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide" -- http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/index.html How to do this for the DITA XSL stylesheets is explained here: "XMLmind DITA Converter Manual" -- http://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/_distrib/doc/manual/manual-6.html#customAttributeSet See also: xsl:attribute-set -- http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#attribute-sets -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
