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Re: [dita-users] Re: Appendix Orientation

Hi Amber,

What was the fix? I'm not trying to change the orientation of my PDF
output, but others might be interested in your findings.

Thanks,
Mark

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Does anyone know which stylesheet(s) are involved with the appendix tag? We use it and as of right now it is treated like a regular chapter and I am not sure...
ambermattson86
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Jul 6, 2009
3:09 pm

Most bookmap appendix processing is in xsl\fo\commons.xsl, in a template called processTopicAppendix. Paul Masalsky - paulmasalsky@... ... From:...
Paul Masalsky
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Jul 6, 2009
5:07 pm

Hi Amber! I suppose you are using the pdf2 transtype? ... Default behavior in pdf2 is that the appendix uses the page-sequence named "body-sequence". You will...
jannylund
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Jul 7, 2009
6:06 pm

... Thanks! I will have to give that a try....
ambermattson86
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Jul 8, 2009
5:18 pm

... Hello, I have successfully separated my appendix from the body and all is processing correctly as far as that goes. However, I still cannot seem to get...
ambermattson86
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Jul 13, 2009
3:19 pm

Disregard that last message, I figured it out :-)...
ambermattson86
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Jul 14, 2009
2:06 pm

Hi Amber, What was the fix? I'm not trying to change the orientation of my PDF output, but others might be interested in your findings. Thanks, Mark On Tue,...
Mark Peters
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Jul 14, 2009
3:46 pm

Well...after I posted that I realized that I still have some issues. The appendix is definitely landscape now, but the way I fixed it created some...
ambermattson86
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Jul 14, 2009
5:38 pm

Hi Amber, You're on the right track - if you want to specify your page-masters manually you need to comment out the import of xm_layout_master_overrides.xsl. ...
Chris Johnson
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Jul 14, 2009
7:12 pm

Chris, That is the first thing that I tried and it didn't work. Logically it makes sense. The weird thing is even though I have all of the region-before and...
ambermattson86
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Jul 14, 2009
7:57 pm

Hello! ... You should try checking the FO file generated by your conversion. There you can clearly read what extents are set to the different page-masters and...
jannylund
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Jul 15, 2009
1:06 pm

Where is this FO file once it is generated? I found the build.xml file and the delete was already commented out, so that is taken care of. I'm just not sure...
ambermattson86
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Jul 15, 2009
1:57 pm

... In default DITA-OT it's in the same folder as the output pdf (which by default is {folder of input file}/out/). As I don't use XMetaL I can't tell where...
jannylund
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Jul 15, 2009
2:36 pm

Ok XMetaL users, the FO file will most likely generate in the same place as your output. (However, I have one bookmap that refuses to generate an FO file that...
ambermattson86
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Jul 15, 2009
5:35 pm

... When you have the FO file available, I suggest you try locating the problematic places and add the correct settings to get the look you want. Again I can't...
jannylund
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Jul 15, 2009
7:37 pm

Ok everyone, I got the headers and footers working correctly, too. The following example will give you a landscape page with 1 inch margins on top and .5 inch...
ambermattson86
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Jul 16, 2009
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