A PDF customisation plug-in defines a new DITA-OT transformation type based on the built-in PDF conversion.
DITA-OT version
Version of DITA-OT for which the plug-in is installed into.
XSL formatter
XSL formatter used to generate PDF output. DITA-OT comes with open source FOP formatter.
Note that customisation features available are dependent on the target DITA-OT and XSL formatter.
Override shell
Override XSLT shell stylesheet. Advanced generation option which will make further developing the generated plug-in easier.
Page size
Orientation
Top
Outside
Bottom
Inside
Page margins.
Mirror margins
Body column count
Index column count
Column gap
Not available for DITA-OT older than 1.6
Header
Page header contents.
Drop folio
Place page number in footer.
Section start
Chapters can be made to always start on an odd page or directly follow the previous page.
Default page count behavior for Bookmaps is to start every chapter on an odd page.
Chapter layout
Chapters can start with a table of chapter contents on a separate chapter cover page.