5.1 Understanding where to modify formats

The specifications that determine what your output looks like are available in format configuration files. These files contain default format definitions for nearly all DITA elements, with variations (such as indentation) for different contexts. DITA2Go reads these specifications to prepare CSS files that ultimately determine the appearance of HTML output, or RTF files for RTF output.

Master format configuration files are located in directory %OMSYSHOME%\d2g\system\formats

Default HTML formats

Default RTF formats

d2htm_formats.ini
d2rtf_formats.ini 
d2htm_subformats.ini
d2rtf_subformats.ini
d2htm_tables.ini
d2rtf_tables.ini

The corresponding user-modifiable format configuration files are located in directory %OMSYSHOME%\d2g\local\formats

Local HTML formats

Local RTF formats

local_d2htm_formats.ini
local_d2rtf_formats.ini 
local_d2htm_subformats.ini
local_d2rtf_subformats.ini
local_d2htm_tables.ini
local_d2rtf_tables.ini

Text-format configuration files specific to the DITA Test Suite are located in directory %OMSYSHOME%\demo\DITATestSuite\_config

DITA Test Suite HTML text formats

DITA Test Suite RTF text formats

dts_htm_formats.ini
dts_rtf_formats.ini

You will need to inspect the master files, but do not modify them. See §39.4.5 Editing a format configuration file.

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