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This is the documentation for the current DITA Open Toolkit release 4.3. Switch to the latest development docs.

  • DITA Open Toolkit 4.3
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        • Simple PDF plug-in
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      • Globalizing DITA content
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Custom stylesheets

The fo/xsl folder houses custom stylesheet files that override the default stylesheets in org.dita.pdf2/xsl/fo.

You can use custom stylesheets to implement additional processing routines or adjust the output generated by the default toolkit processing.

Related information
  • Custom artwork
  • Index configuration
  • Variable overrides
  • Custom attributes
  • Internationalization configuration

DITA Open Toolkit is released under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

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