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Details about transformation scenarios and customizing various types of output
DocBook to PDF Output Customization

Introduction
Welcome to the User Manual of Oxygen XML Author 26.1
Getting Started
Information and resources to help you get started using Oxygen XML Author as quickly as possible
Installation
The requirements and installation instructions for each platform
Configuration
Description of all of the options that allow you to configure Oxygen XML Author
Perspectives
The Editor and Database perspectives
Editing Modes
The Text, Grid, and Author editing modes
Working With Documents
General information about features available when working with documents
Editing Supported Document Types
Details about the various types of supported documents and their unique editing features
Built-in Frameworks (Document Types)
The editing frameworks that are supported in Oxygen XML Author
Additional XML Editing Frameworks (Document Types)
The custom frameworks that are supported in Oxygen XML Author
Publishing
Details about transformation scenarios and customizing various types of output
Working with XPath Expressions
Information about using XPath Expressions in Oxygen XML Author
Working with Archives
Describes how to use the Archive Browser to work with various type of archives
Databases and SharePoint
Connecting to supported databases and integrating Oxygen XML Author with SharePoint
Importing Data
Information about how to import data from external sources into XML documents
Framework and Author Mode Customization
Tutorials and details about customizing frameworks and the visual Author editing mode
Extending Oxygen With the SDK
Information about extending Oxygen XML Author using the SDK
Add-ons
Information about extending Oxygen XML Author with add-ons
Tools
Specifics about the various tools that are included in Oxygen XML Author
Troubleshooting
A compilation of common problems and their solutions
DITA Authoring
A guide to help content authors who create and publish DITA content
Scripting Oxygen
Details about the scripting possibilities that are available with Oxygen XML Author
Glossary
Copyright
Legal information

DocBook to PDF Output Customization

When the default layout and output of the DocBook to PDF transformation needs to be customized, follow these steps:

Create a custom version of the DocBook title spec file.

You could start from a copy of the file [DocBook XSL directory]/fo/titlepage.templates.xml (for example, [OXYGEN-INSTALL-DIR]/frameworks/docbook/xsl/fo/titlepage.templates.xml) and customize it. More information about the spec file can be found here.
Generate a new XSLT stylesheet from the title spec file from the previous step.
Apply [DocBook XSL directory]/template/titlepage.xsl to the title spec file. The result is an XSLT stylesheet (for example, mytitlepages.xsl).
Import mytitlepages.xsl in a DocBook customization layer.
The customization layer is the stylesheet that will be applied to the XML document. The mytitlepages.xsl should be imported with an element like this:
```
<xsl:import href="dir-name/mytitlepages.xsl"/>
```
Insert a logo image in the XML document.
The path to the logo image must be inserted in the book/info/mediaobject structure of the XML document.
Apply the customization layer to the XML document.
A quick way is to duplicate the transformation scenario DocBook PDF that is included with Oxygen XML Author and set the customization layer in the XSL URL property of the scenario.