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Hi,
I am very new to xml. I just wanted to edit some dita files. I started using oXygen xml author since yesterday. I could edit the dita file. But when i export it to pdf, The format in original pdf and which i exported are different. Do i need any other files and along with dita for maintaining same format?? Or how to i format before exporting dita to pdf. I dont know anything in xml coding. Hence pls help with respect to oXygen xml author GUI.
Thanks in advance..

Hello,

By "format" you mean styling, right? For example you want to have different headers/footers in the PDF, different page format or a different front page, something like this?
Customizing the default PDF processing requires knowledge of XSLT and XSL-FO:

http://oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/18/ug ... ation.html

There is a good book on the market called DITA for Print which covers most of that:

http://xmlpress.net/publications/dita/dita-for-print/

Regards,
Radu

Hi Radu,
Formatting in the sense, Lets say i have 3 dita files. What i wanted it to be is first dita file should be main heading, next two dita files should come as sub headings. and everything should be continuous pages. But what i am getting is each dita file as a different chapter and in new pages and in one definite format. like indentation, underline and spaces and all..
If i select topic dita template, i am getting : <topic id="topic_aaa_zzz">.......</topic>
Which template i should select for getting : <p-topic id="topic_aaa_zzz">.......<p-/topic>
In the same way which template i should select for ditamap file for getting : <datasheet>.....</datasheet>
I tried to rename it. But oXygen tool is not able to recognise the template after renaming.
And thanks a lot for so fast reply..

Hi Radu,
Sorry i couldn't attach image in my previous reply. Can you tell me how to attach image while replying for better understanding of my problem..

Thanks

Hi,

The DITA standard has a set of element and attribute names defined by the DITA specification.
It allows defining new elements using a method called specialization but this does not mean that automatically you will get the desired output.
I would suggest that you start learning more about DITA:

http://blog.oxygenxml.com/2016/03/resou ... xygen.html

As for the PDF customization I'm maintaining my recommendation of reading the DITA for Print book.

Regards,
Radu

Hi Radu,

Thanks for the info.. I'll go through that book. Thanks again..