Print Features Available with PTC Arbortext Layout Developer

All Arbortext Styler UI options can be handled via all three print engines available in a PTC Arbortext environment — PTC ALD, FOSI, and XSL-FO. Certain print/PDF output requirements require the use of PTC Arbortext Layout Developer to handle them fully, either by selecting the PTC ALD print engine in the Arbortext Styler UI or by extending Arbortext Styler to access some more advanced formatting options. These can be arranged into nine distinct categories:

Feature	Arbortext Styler UI	Source code edit	Associated PTC ALD template	Native PTC ALD template
Output
Multiple files from single composition	•
Graphical output formats			•
Output from single frame				•
Touchup
Post-publishing touchup				•
Language formatting
Ruby		•
Warichu (annotation)		•
Yakumono		•
Thai	•
Hanging punctuation	•	•
Vertical formatting				•
Right-to-left formatting	•
Color handling
Named colors		•
Color spaces		•		•
Gradients			•
Rasters as colors			•
Tint and brightness		•
Color mode				•
Rules
Rounded corners		•
Rule patterns		•
Rule numbers		•
Side rules / accolades			•
Region control
Number of regions	•	•
Region placement	•			•
Region properties	•	•
Region content	•	•
Typography
Hyphenation	•	•
Spacing		•
Kerning			•
Ligatures			•
Character effects		•
Blocks		•
Drop capitals and words		•		•
Paragraph reposition			•
Tab stops		•
Justification		•
Text decoration	•	•
Testing
Format result testing		•
Content as trigger for style change		•
Direct use of attribute values		•
Content Streams
Multiple main content streams				•
External content streams				•