DITA Options

Learn how to define which book components Adobe FrameMaker should generate when publishing a DITA map to PDF with the “Book with components route.”

The DITA Options tab contains setting for you to configure PDF generation through the book with FrameMaker components route.

Setting available in the DITA Options tab are explained below:

Apply As Condition

In case your DITA topics contain conditional content, you can enter a value in the Apply As Condition field to highlight the conditional content in the published PDF. In the publishing process, the entire content (conditional and unconditional) is published. However, content belonging to a condition marked as exclude in the DITAVAL file is published with strike-through formatting. In case you do not specify any value in this field, content is published as per the DITAVAL file settings.

Save PDF via Book With Components Route

Select this option if you want to generate a PDF using the book with components route. On selecting this option, you can further choose options to generate the PDF as required.

Generate Flat Book hierarchy

Select this option to generate a flat book from a DITA map where all <topicrefs> are flattened at the chapter level.

Note:

DITA Base template is applied to all <topicrefs> that are flattened at the chapter level.

Generate Table of Contents

Select this option to include a table of contents in the generated PDF.

Generate index

Select this option to include an index in the generated PDF.

Generate List of Figures

Select this option to include a list of figures in the generated PDF.

Generate List of Tables

Select this option to include a list of tables in the generated PDF.

Generate Book Title Page

Select this option to include a title page in the generated PDF.

Generate Folder Title Page

Select this option to include a title page for the folder in the generated PDF.

This applies to books published with the FrameMaker components route (without Flat Book Hierarchy). It generates chapter titles, section titles, and sub-section titles according to the hierarchy.

Apply Output Templates

Select this option to apply output templates configured in the DITA Template element to generate respective content.

For generated components like TOC, LOF, LOT, Index, and booktitle, the output templates are always applied whether the option is selected or not. It is applicable for all other components, such as frontmatter, backmatter, appendix, chapter output, section output, and sub-section output.