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Style the Related Topics Section (PDF)

Use the Related Topics Section settings in the PDF Layout to style the "See also" automatic links in your PDF outputs. The "See also" automatic links only appear if you have set Paligo to generate them (see Automatic Links to Related Topics ("See also" sections)).

To style the "see also" links for PDF:

  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 General category and then select the Related Topics Section subcategory.

  4. Use Font-family to choose the typeface for the text.

  5. Use Font size to control the size of the lettering.

  6. Use Font weight to set the thickness of the characters.

    Note

    Some fonts do not support all of the weight options.

  7. Use Font style to add or remove emphasis styling from the text. Choose Normal for regular text, Italic for forward leaning text, or Backslant for backwards-leaning text.

    Note

    Using Backslant can produce poor results, as many fonts do not support it as a separate outline.

  8. Set the Font variant to normal for regular sized, mixed case letters or small-caps for smaller, upper-case letters.

  9. Use Text transform to capitalize the text. Choose from:

  10. Set the Letter spacing.

  11. Use Hyphenate to control how words wrap at the end of a line.

  12. Set the Color of the "See also" section title.

    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.

  13. Use the Background color setting to apply a custom color to the background of the block.

    Clear the Use default color checkbox and then use the color selector to choose your custom color.

  14. Set the styling for the border.

    • Enter a Border-width to define the thickness of the border line. Enter a value and its units of measurement, for example, 3pt or 0.3cm.

      Leave the field empty if you do not want a border.

    • Select a Border style from the list.

    • Use the Border color setting to apply a custom color to the border.

      Clear the Use default color checkbox and then use the color selector to choose a color.

  15. Use the Padding settings to set the amount of space inside the border of the block.

    Diagram shows a rectangle that represents a content box. In the middle of the content box is some text. Callout arrows point at the space between the edges of the callout box and the edges of the text inside it.

    • Use Padding-start to set the left-side spacing.

    • Use Padding-end to set the right-side spacing.

    • Use Padding-top to set the spacing above the text.

    • Use Padding-bottom to set the spacing below the text.

    For each setting, enter a value and its units of measurement, for example, 1.2em.

  16. Use the margin settings to set the amount of space around the block. There is a separate setting for each side: Margin-left, Margin-right, Margin-top, Margin-bottom.

    Enter a value and its units of measurement, for example, 1.2em or 6pt.

    margin-content-box-diagram.png

  17. Use the space settings to control the amount of space above and below the element block.

    The Space-before.optimum is for the space above and the Space-after.optimum is for the space below. Enter a value and its units of measurement, for example, 1.2em or 6pt.

    Note

    These are different to margin settings, as they define a maximum amount of space. For example, if you have an element with a space-after.optimum of 4pt and the next element has a space-before.optimum of 4pt, the space is 4pt. It works as a maximum amount of space, not a sum total.

    Also, Space-before.optimum and Space-after.optimum are normally ignored at the boundary of pages and columns.

  18. Select Save.