New hands-on training "Generating high-quality PDF documents from XML and HTML using CSS Paged Media"

Introduction

"CSS Paged Media" turned into a serious solution for generating high-quality PDF documents from XML or HTML over the last years. The advantages of the CSS Paged Media approach obvious:

basic knowledge in XML/HTML and CSS sufficient (you do not need to be an XML expert)
separation between content and layout/styling
easy to learn, easy to use
lower costs
higher flexibility

Usecases

text-oriented publications (books, newspapers, documentation etc.).
layout-oriented publictions (flyers, brochures, web-to-print applications)

Introduction CSS Paged Media
The region model of CSS Paged Media
Basic formatting
Multi-column layouts
Mehrspaltiger Satz
Pagination
Images
Footnotes
Header and footer
Automatic table of content generation

Requirements

basic knowledge in XML/HTML and cascading stylesheets
basic knowledge in typography

Software

PDFreactor 7.0 (alternative: PrinceXML 9)

Price and Location

Our hands-on trainings usually usually takes place at your company or organization. We teach in small groups of up to three people. We offer an individual training based on your requirements, needs and the skills of your employees. The price depends on the number of training days and the location of the training. Contact us directly for further information and quotes.

Trainer

Andreas Jung has been working for more than 20 years in the field of Electronic Publishing and developed several PDF generation solutions over the last ten years. Andreas Jung is chief developer and author of the Produce & Publish product family and found of the XML Director project.