Element properties reference by output format

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.

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