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Print Engine Support for Page Layout Features
The table below provides a list of available page layout features, and describes the support provided by each of the PTC Arbortext print engines.
Please refer to Logic for Print/Preview Engine Selection for information on how to select the print engine for your PTC Arbortext environment.
Feature
PTC ALD
FOSI
XSL-FO
Different page layout for left and right blank pages
Yes
No
No
Unequal column and gutter widths
Yes
No
No
Horizontal column alignment within page region
Yes
No
No
Gutter rules
Yes
No
No
Page regions1
Yes
Yes
Yes
Arbitrary number of generated text regions (not limited to header and footer)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Clip regions at page
Yes
No
No
Region avoid and avoid margins
Yes
No
No
Rotate content in regions to 90, 180, and 270 degrees counter-clockwise2
Yes
Partial
Partial
Rotate region to arbitrary angle2
Yes
Partial
Partial
Region graphics specified via an XPath expression
Yes
No
No
Region graphic scaling: independent X and Y scaling
Yes
No
No
Region borders
Yes
No
No
1
FOSI and XSL-FO require that the main content flow region be the same width for all pages.
2
FOSI and XSL-FO support rotation of 90 degrees only for the main content flow region.