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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+
+<!-- example for a simple fo file. At the beginning the page layout is set.
+ Below fo:root there is always
+- a single fo:layout-master-set which defines one or more page layouts
+- an optional fo:declarations
+- and a sequence of one or more fo:page-sequences containing the text and formatting instructions
+-->
+
+<fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format">
+
+ <fo:layout-master-set>
+ <!-- fo:layout-master-set defines in its children the page layout:
+ the pagination and layout specifications
+ - page-masters: have the role of describing the intended subdivisions
+ of a page and the geometry of these subdivisions
+ In this case there is only a simple-page-master which defines the
+ layout for all pages of the text
+ -->
+ <!-- layout information -->
+ <fo:simple-page-master master-name="simple"
+ page-height="29.7cm"
+ page-width="21cm"
+ margin-top="1cm"
+ margin-bottom="2cm"
+ margin-left="2.5cm"
+ margin-right="2.5cm">
+ <fo:region-body margin-top="3cm"/>
+ <fo:region-before extent="3cm"/>
+ <fo:region-after extent="1.5cm"/>
+ </fo:simple-page-master>
+ </fo:layout-master-set>
+ <!-- end: defines page layout -->
+
+
+ <!-- start page-sequence
+ here comes the text (contained in flow objects)
+ the page-sequence can contain different fo:flows
+ the attribute value of master-name refers to the page layout
+ which is to be used to layout the text contained in this
+ page-sequence-->
+ <fo:page-sequence master-name="simple">
+
+ <!-- start fo:flow
+ each flow is targeted
+ at one (and only one) of the following:
+ xsl-region-body (usually: normal text)
+ xsl-region-before (usually: header)
+ xsl-region-after (usually: footer)
+ xsl-region-start (usually: left margin)
+ xsl-region-end (usually: right margin)
+ ['usually' applies here to languages with left-right and top-down
+ writing direction like English]
+ in this case there is only one target: xsl-region-body
+ -->
+ <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body">
+
+ <!-- each paragraph is encapsulated in a block element
+ the attributes of the block define
+ font-family and size, line-heigth etc. -->
+
+ <!-- this defines a title -->
+ <fo:block font-size="18pt"
+ font-family="sans-serif"
+ line-height="24pt"
+ space-after.optimum="15pt"
+ background-color="blue"
+ color="white"
+ text-align="center"
+ padding-top="3pt">
+ Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0
+ </fo:block>
+
+
+ <!-- this defines normal text -->
+ <fo:block font-size="12pt"
+ font-family="sans-serif"
+ line-height="15pt"
+ space-after.optimum="3pt"
+ text-align="justify">
+ The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a subset of SGML that is completely described in this document. Its goal is to
+ enable generic SGML to be served, received, and processed on the Web in the way that is now possible with HTML. XML
+ has been designed for ease of implementation and for interoperability with both SGML and HTML.
+ </fo:block>
+
+ <!-- this defines normal text -->
+ <fo:block font-size="12pt"
+ font-family="sans-serif"
+ line-height="15pt"
+ space-after.optimum="3pt"
+ text-align="justify">
+ The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a subset of SGML that is completely described in this document. Its goal is to
+ enable generic SGML to be served, received, and processed on the Web in the way that is now possible with HTML. XML
+ has been designed for ease of implementation and for interoperability with both SGML and HTML.
+ </fo:block>
+
+ </fo:flow> <!-- closes the flow element-->
+ </fo:page-sequence> <!-- closes the page-sequence -->
+</fo:root>