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Style Nongraphical Admonitions

If you have set Paligo to generate nongraphical admonitions, it will apply the styling choices from the General settings and the Nongraphical settings. The General settings take priority over the Nongraphical settings.

Here, we explain how to use the Nongraphical settings.

Note

To learn how to set Paligo to generate nongraphical admonitions, see Set the General Styles for Admonitions. That article also explains how to use the General settings.

To set the Nongraphical styles:

  1. Select Layout in the top menu.

    Paligo editor. The Layout option in the header menu is highlighted.

    Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

  2. Select the PDF Layout you are going to use for publishing. Alternatively, create a new one (see Create a Layout).

  3. Select the Admonitions category and then select the Nongraphical subcategory.

  4. Choose whether Paligo should allow an admonition to have a user-defined title and an auto-generated title.

    In the General settings for admonitions, there is a Use auto-title in admonitions setting. When it is set to Activate, Paligo will generate automatic titles for your admonitions, such as "Note" and "Caution". The auto-generated titles will replace any existing titles, by default. But if you prefer, you can set Paligo to include both auto-generated titles and manually-added titles.

    admonition-autogen-title-and-usertitle.png

    Example of an admonition that has an auto-generated title (Caution) and a user-defined title (Risk of injury)

    Set the Allow both user-defined title and auto-generated title setting to:

    • Enabled to allow a user-defined title and an auto-generated title

    • Disabled to only allow one title. If Use auto-title in admonitions is set to Activate, Paligo will generate titles for your admonitions. Any existing titles are ignored.

    • Default to inherit the value for this setting from the base Layout. The base Layout is either a built-in Layout provided by Paligo or another custom Layout, see Layout Relationships - Base, New, Duplicate.

  5. Use Background color for nongraphical admonitions to choose one color for all nongraphical admonitions.

    1. Clear the Use default color checkbox to select a color of your own choice.

    2. Set the color either by:

      • Entering an RGBA code for the color you want (1).

      • Selecting the Color square to display the color selector (2).

        1. Choose the color with the spectrum bar (3).

        2. Control the transparency with the opacity bar (4).

        3. Choose the color shade with the main color panel (5).

        Color selector. There is a field for entering an rgba value. It is labelled 1. There is a black square labelled 2. There is a popup dialog that contains three sections. The sections are labelled with numbers. Label 3 points to a narrow bar that shows the colors of the spectrum. Label 4 points towards an opacity bar ranging from black to transparent. Label 5 points to a color selector with various shades of a single color.

    Note

    Paligo will only use the color you select here if the General category has the background colors set to default.

    For example, let's say you select the General category and set Background color for 'Caution' to orange. You then go into the Nongraphical category and set Background color for graphical admonitions to blue. When you publish, your caution admonitions will have an orange background, as the General category takes priority over the Nongraphical category.

  6. Set the amount of space above (before) and below (after) the nongraphical admonitions.

    • Space-before (optimum) for nongraphical admonitions

    • Space-after (optimum) for nongraphical admonitions

    Enter an amount, relative to the body font size in the following fields. For example, 1.2. Do not include any units of measurement as the size is always relative to the body font size.

    A paragraph followed by a large space and then a note. After the note, there is another large space and then a paragraph. Double ended arrows highlight the two large spaces.

  7. Set the amount of padding for nongraphical admonitions. The padding is the internal margin between the content in the admonition and the boundaries of the admonition box.

    Enter an amount and the units of measurement in the following fields:

    • Padding-top for nongraphical admonitions

      Use to set the amount of space above the title of nongraphical admonitions. This space applies to the body text if there is no title.

    • Padding-bottom for nongraphical admonitions

      Use to set the amount of space below the body text of nongraphical admonitions.

    A note. A double-headed arrow highlights the space between the title and the top of the note box. Another double-headed arrow highlights the space between the paragraph of the note and the bottom of the note box.

  8. Use the margin settings to set left and right indents for nongraphical admonitions. The margins apply to the admonitions as a whole, not the content inside it.

    A note admonition. The admonition box is indented from the edges on both sides. Double-headed arrows highlight the space to the left and the space to the right. These spaces are the margins.

    • Margin-left for nongraphical admonitions

      Sets the left-side indent for all nongraphical admonitions.

    • Margin-right for nongraphical admonitions

      Sets the right-side indent for all nongraphical admonitions.

    For both settings, enter a value and the units of measurement, for example, 2cm.

  9. Select Save.

When you use this Layout to publish to PDF, Paligo will apply your chosen settings.