XSL-FO Training Overview
Introduction to XSL-FO teaches students how transform XML documents with XSL to create PDFs.
Location and Pricing
Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.
In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.
Objectives
All attendees will learn:
- How the Formatting Objects (FO) language works
- How to auto-generate FO documents from XML with XSLT
- How to use a Formatting Objects Engine to generate PDF documents from XML
Prerequisites
Prior knowledge of XML and XSLT.
Outline
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Formatting Objects Basics
- The purpose of XSL-FO
- How XSL-FO Works
- XSL-FO Document Parts
- An XSL-FO Example
- The Root Element: root
- layout-master-set and simple-page-master
- Regions
- page-sequence
- flow and static-content
- block
- Static Content
- region-before and region-after
- static-content
Blocks and Inlines
- Formatting Blocks
- Box Model
- Border
- Space, Indent and Padding
- Background
- A Formatting Example
- Formatting Text
- Inline Elements
- Inheritance
- Creating Lists
- list-block
- list-item
- list-item-label
- list-item-body
- Whitespace
Page Layout
- Page Masters
- Simple Layout
- fo:simple-page-master
- fo:region-body
- fo:region-before, fo:region-after, fo:region-start, and fo:region-end
- page-sequence-master
- Creating a Cover Page
- Odd and Even Pages
- Blank Pages
- break-before and break-after
- Columns
Links and Graphics
- External Links
- Graphics
- Internal Links
Tying It All Together: XSL-FO
Keeps, Orphans, and Widows
- Keep Constraints
- keep-with-previous and keep-with-next
- keep-together
- Orphans and Widows
Leaders, Markers, and Page Numbers
- The Output
- Table of Contents
- Leaders
- Markers
Tables
- Creating Tables
- fo:table
- fo:table-column
- fo:table-header, fo:table-body, fo:table-footer
- fo:table-row
- fo:table-cell
Conclusion
Training Materials
All XSL-FO training students receive comprehensive courseware.
Software Requirements
- Editor (One of the following)
- Stylus Studio XSL-FO Editor
- XMLSpy
- <oXygen/> XML Editor
- XML editor of your choice
- Plain text editor
- FO processing engine of your choice
