DITA for Print

Front Cover
 Table of Contents
 List of Figures
 Preface
 Why this book?
 Who is this book for?
 Keepin' it real
 About me
 Contact me
 Acknowledgements
 Introduction
 What's different in this edition?
 PDF changes in DITA OT 2.5
 What you'll need
 Useful resources
 Some conventions
 Comment, comment, comment ... test, test, test
 Custom PDF plugin creation
 What is a PDF plugin and why do you need one?
 Upgrading existing plugins
 Organization of the org.dita.pdf2 plugin
 DITA Open Toolkit 1.5 and earlier
 DITA Open Toolkit post-2.0
 Exercise: Download and install the DITA Open Toolkit. Exercise: Create your own PDF pluginExercise: Integrate your plugin into the DITA-OT
 Exercise: Create an attribute set file in your plugin
 Exercise: Add an attribute set to your plugin
 Exercise: Create an XSLT stylesheet in your plugin
 Exercise: Add a template to your plugin
 Why not use a single custom file for all your changes?
 Exercise: Add a localization variables file to your plugin
 Exercise: Add a localization strings file to your plugin
 Exercise: Add a strings.xml file to your custom plugin
 Mapping strings files to xml:lang values in the strings.xml file
 Wrap-up. DITA Open Toolkit buildsWhat is an ANT build file?
 Exercise: Create an ANT build file
 Exercise: Create a batch file to launch an ANT build (Windows)
 Exercise: Create a shell file to launch an ANT build (Mac, Linux)
 Exercise: Test your plugin
 Exercise: Use a specific PDF renderer
 Other things you can do
 The topic.fo file
 Exercise: Retain the topic.fo file for troubleshooting
 Attribute sets
 What are attribute set files?
 How attribute set defaults work
 Special attributes for XEP, Antenna House, and FOP
 Which attribute set do you customize?
 The closest attribute set wins. Attribute sets that call other attribute setsBasic-settings variables in attribute sets
 Other things you can do
 Exercise: Create a new attribute set
 Exercise: Call a new attribute set
 Exercise: Conditionalize an attribute set
 Exercise: Conditionalize an attribute set based on a build parameter
 Exercise: Select specific elements by context
 Localization variables
 What are localization variables?
 Literal characters and numeric character references
 Exercises
 Other things you can do
 Exercise: Create a localization variables file
 Exercise: Create a localization strings file
 Fonts. About fonts in the PDF pluginFont specifications
 Files you need
 Exercise: Specify fonts to use
 Other things you can do
 Exercise: Use a different font in special cases
 Exercise: Use font mapping in your plugin
 Exercise: Use a custom font family with font mapping
 Page masters
 Page masters and regions in the PDF plugin
 Default page masters, regions, and attribute sets
 Page specifications
 Files you need
 Do these exercises in order!
 Exercise: Set up double-sided pagination
 Exercise: Set page dimensions
 Exercise: Set page margins
 Exercise: Set up body regions.