Tag Archives: DITA-OT

DITA-OT: Scaling Images in PDF Output

When generating PDF output via the DITA Open Toolkit, users often stumble over image scaling issues. While smaller graphics are typically rendered without problems, large images may extend beyond the page dimensions, throw errors in the log file or not appear at all. So we need a way to downscale larger images. There are basically [...]

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PDF2: Removing Page Numbers from Cross References and Customizing Cover Pages

Dan Ochs of Wrycan Inc. has posted several nice tutorials on customizing the output produced by the DITA Open Toolkit PDF2 Plugin: one covers removing page numbers from cross references, and another explains how to modify PDF2 cover pages to include a company logo. Nice job Dan!

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DITA-OT 1.5 Milestone 10

Today Robert Anderson announced the availability of Milestone 10 of the DITA Open Toolkit version 1.5. This test build provides insight into development progress toward the next toolkit release, which is scheduled to support the upcoming DITA 1.2 specification. For details, see the wiki page titled “Plans for DITA Open Toolkit version 1.5.” Among the [...]

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