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.
Table 1. Selecting an output type based on the
template contents. If your template includes
these elements or items, consider using these selected output types.
Template element/consideration |
Microsoft Word |
HTML |
Legacy PDF |
PDF |
XSL-FO |
Master pages |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Style sheets |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Footnotes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Comments |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Paragraph borders |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes |
Table with unrestricted width |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Table cells combined by span element |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Table cells containing bookmarks |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Table borders |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes |
Cell spacing in tables |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Ordered lists with character spacing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Ordered lists with lowercase letters or Roman
numerals |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Ordered lists with capitalized letters |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Table of Contents/Table of Tables/Table of Figures |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Large images |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Yes |
Generates a document with more than 4000 pages |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Note: *For these output types, you must
specify values for the output to render correctly.