7.4.1 Naming output formats
A format name must end in a suffix that indicates the
type of format (except for the names of paragraph formats, which do not
require a suffix). How a format configuration file is referenced in [Templates] settings determines
which types of formats are valid in the referenced file, and thus the
valid suffixes for the names of formats defined in that file; see §7.2 Working
with format configuration files. Table
7-1 shows valid suffixes for format names, depending on the [Templates] reference.
Table 7-1 Valid suffixes for names
of formats and format components
Formats
|
Paragraph (block)
|
Para (optional)
|
7.6.3
|
Character (inline)
|
Char
|
7.6.2
|
Tables
|
Table
|
Table
|
7.7.2
|
Table row
|
Row
|
7.7.3
|
Table cell
|
Cell
|
7.7.4
|
Pages (RTF only)
|
Section
|
Section
|
7.8.2
|
Page header
|
Header
|
7.8.3
|
Page footer
|
Footer
|
7.8.3
|
Subformats
|
Border
|
Border
|
8.2
|
Shading
|
Shade
|
8.3
|
Index
|
Index
|
14.8.3
|
Trademark
|
Mark
|
8.8
|
Cross reference
|
Xref
|
8.7
|
Run-in heading
|
Head
|
8.6
|
Numbering
|
Num
|
8.5.3
|
Number stream
|
Stream
|
8.5.2
|
DITA2Go validates formats partly by suffix.
A wrong type could result in very odd output, plus a warning in the log
file.
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how to define output formats
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7.4.2 Assigning
values to format properties
7.4.3 Documenting
output formats
7.4.4 Understanding
the basis of format properties
7.4.5 Basing format
properties on other formats
7.4.6 Modifying
DITA2Go default output formats
7.4.7 Applying
CSS and RTF code to output formats
7.4.8 Assigning
content-adding properties to formats