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Modified: src/documentation/content/xdocs faq.xml
Log:
Expanded FAQs related to PDF post-processing.
Revision Changes Path
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<p>(Still applicable in 0.20.3?)</p>
</answer>
</faq>
+ <faq id="PDF-postprocess">
+ <question>What tools are available for post-processing my PDF
document?</question>
+ <answer>
+ <ul>
+ <li>The most popular one that we are aware of is <link
href="http://www.lowagie.com/iText";>iText</link>, which has tools for adding security
features, document properties, watermarks, and many other features to PDF files. See
also Joerg Pietschmann's <link
href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=102002975028427&w=2";>posting
on PDF Encryption</link> for an example of Java application using iText.</li>
+ <li>You can use Adobe Acrobat (the full version, not the Reader) to process
the file manually or with scripting that it supports.</li>
+ </ul>
+ </answer>
+ </faq>
<faq>
- <question>PDF encryption, PDF protection (read-only)</question>
+ <question>How do I add security features (encryption, for example) to my PDF
document?</question>
<answer>
- <p>use some other tool to postprocess the PDF (itext, or something?)</p>
+ <p>FOP does not currently support this feature. Possible workarounds
include those mentioned in the <link href="#PDF-postprocess">PDF Post-Processing
FAQ</link>.</p>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq>
- <question>Watermarks</question>
+ <question>How do I add document properties (title, author, etc.) to my PDF
document?</question>
<answer>
- <p> Answer: see 3.3, or use a a region overlapping the flowing text and put
- an image there:
-</p>
- <p> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Use the region-before. Make it large enough to contain your image and then
- include a block (and if required an absolutely positioned block-container)
- with your image in the static-content for the region-before.
- Could use some code here...
- </p>
+ <p>FOP does not currently support this feature. Possible workarounds
include those mentioned in the <link href="#PDF-postprocess">PDF Post-Processing
FAQ</link>.</p>
+ </answer>
+ </faq>
+ <faq>
+ <question>How do I add watermarks to my PDF document?</question>
+ <answer>
+ <p>FOP does not currently support this feature. Possible workarounds:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>See the <link href="#PDF-postprocess">PDF Post-Processing
FAQ</link>.</li>
+ <li>(submitted by [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Place an image in a region
that overlaps the flowing text. For example, make region-before large enough to
contain your image. Then include a block (if necessary, use an absolutely positioned
block-container) containing the watermark image in the static-content for the
region-before.</li>
+ </ul>
</answer>
</faq>
<faq>
@@ -1340,8 +1351,8 @@
</ul>
</answer>
</faq>
- <faq>
- <question id="FO-validate">(FO) How do I validate my FO document?</question>
+ <faq id="FO-validate">
+ <question>(FO) How do I validate my FO document?</question>
<answer>
<p><link href="http://www.renderx.com";>RenderX</link> has provided an <link
href="http://www.renderx.com/Tests/validator/fo.dtd.html";>Unofficial DTD for FO
Documents</link>. This document may be helpful in validating general FO issues.</p>
<p>FOP also maintains an <link
href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/xml-fop/docs/foschema/fop.xsd?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain";>Unofficial
FOP Schema</link> in the FOP CVS Repository. This document can be used either to
validate against the FO standard, or against the actual FOP implementation. See the
notes near the beginning of the document for instructions on how to use it.</p>
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