Element properties reference by output format
Documents might generate the same way in different output
formats. Review this reference information to select a Rational® Publishing Engine output
type before starting to design your template.
| Template element/consideration | Microsoft Word | HTML | XSL-FO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master pages | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Style sheets | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Footnotes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Comments | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Paragraph borders | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes |
| Table with unrestricted width | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Table cells combined by span element | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Table cells containing bookmarks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Table borders | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes |
| Cell spacing in tables | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Ordered lists with character spacing | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Ordered lists with lowercase letters or Roman numerals | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ordered lists with capitalized letters | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Table of Contents/Table of Tables/Table of Figures | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Large images | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes |
| Generates a document with more than 4000 pages | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Note: *For these output types, you must
specify values for the output to render correctly.