Using a Page Master: fo:simple-page-masterA page master is a master template that is used to generate a page, and it specifies the actual layout of the page. You can use a page master whenever you want to in a document. Each page master has a unique name . In the current XSL specification, there is only one kind of page master, the fo:simple-page-master object; in the future, the XSL specification may support additional page masters. You use the fo:simple-page-master object to generate pages and define the geometry of the page. To set the overall geometry of the page, you can use these properties of the fo:simple-page-master object:
In ch14_02.xsl, I'll name the simple page master page using the master-name property. When I want to create pages using this master, I'll be able to refer to it by name. I'll also specify the page dimensions and margins like this: <?xml version='1.0'?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" version='1.0'> <xsl:template match="PLANETS"> <fo:root> <fo:layout-master-set> <fo:simple-page-master master-name="page" page-height="400mm" page-width="300mm" margin-top="10mm" margin-bottom="10mm" margin-left="20mm" margin-right="20mm"> . . . Besides laying out the margins of a page, a fo:simple-page-master has children that specify one or more regions in the page, letting you customize the layout in detail. |