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XSL-FO Manual (XFO101)
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This two-day XSL-FO courseware teaches students how to create PDFs from XML. XML and XSLT are prerequisites to this course.

Introduction to XSL-FO Overview

Introduction to XSL-FO teaches students how transform XML documents with XSL to create PDFs.

Introduction to XSL-FO Course Goals

  • Learn how the Formatting Objects (FO) language works
  • Learn to auto-generate FO documents from XML with XSLT
  • Learn to use a Formatting Objects Engine to generate PDF documents from XML

Introduction to XSL-FO Course Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required.

  • XML
  • XSLT

Experience in the following areas would be beneficial.

  • HTML

Introduction to XSL-FO Course Outline

  1. Formatting Objects Basics
    1. The purpose of XSL-FO
    2. How XSL-FO Works
    3. An XSL-FO Example
      1. The Root Element: fo:root
      2. fo:layout-master-set and fo:simple-page-master
      3. Regions
      4. fo:page-sequence
      5. fo:flow and fo:static-content
      6. fo:block
    4. Using XSLT to Create FO
  2. Blocks and Inlines
    1. Static Content
      1. fo:region-before and fo:region-after
      2. fo:static-content
    2. Creating a Multi-page Document
    3. Formatting Blocks
      1. Border
      2. Space and Padding
    4. Formatting Text
    5. Inline Elements
    6. Creating Lists
      1. fo:list-block
      2. fo:list-item
      3. fo:list-item-label
      4. fo:list-item-body
  3. Page Layout
    1. Page Masters
    2. Simple Layout
      1. fo:simple-page-master
      2. fo:region-body
      3. fo:region-before, fo:region-after, fo:region-start, and fo:region-end
    3. Conditional Page Masters
    4. Odd and Even Pages
    5. Blank Pages
      1. break-before and break-after
    6. Creating the Page Layout with XSLT
  4. Links and Graphics
    1. External Links
    2. Graphics
    3. Internal Links
  5. Leaders, Markers and Page Numbers
    1. The Output
    2. Table of Contents
    3. Leaders
  6. Columns, Keeps, and Breaks
    1. Columns
    2. Keeps
    3. Breaks
  7. Tables
    1. Creating Tables
      1. fo:table
      2. fo:table-column
      3. fo:table-header, fo:table-body, fo:table-footer
      4. fo:table-row
      5. fo:table-cell
  8. Tying It All Together
    1. Workshop: Transforming data for output to PDF

Setup

For setup instructions, please visit http://www.webucator.com/Course.cfm?CourseID=XFO101

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Quotes from Students

Wow! So much information to digest in two days. The Training Manual will be a good resource for us in the coming months.

- S.H., Software Engineer, Sybase

The way the course was sectioned out flowed nicely. The classfiles in htdocs flowed perfectly with the manual. The material was relevant and presented in a clear manner.

- Texas Animal Health Commission

The material was very well organized. I was able to catch up on languages I wasn't as much of an expert in (XML, Javascript), and then apply that to the greater goal (Ajax).

- M.S., Interactive Programmer, Q LTD

The materials, excercises, and class were perfect for me.

- R.L., Johnson & Johnson

The learning materials were structured very well and the pace of the class was just right. Good presentation and examples.

- R.H., GIS Specialist, Southern Nevada Water Authority