how to determine why footers are not displaying in first chapter

margar...@paccar.com

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Nov 17, 2016, 1:42:57 PM11/17/16

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I have a DITA to PDF plugin I did not create; it came with my job. The custom footer displays in the PDF output on all pages except the first chapter. Only a page number in generic format is displayed on the right side of footer in the first chapter. How do I determine why the custom footer is not displaying on first chapter pages?

Ron Wheeler

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Nov 17, 2016, 9:32:06 PM11/17/16

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Is this a DITA-OT plug-in that was customized?
If so, have you looked at the customization to see if footers or chapter 1 is mentioned.

Ron

On 17/11/2016 1:42 PM, margaret.boos via DITA-OT Users wrote:

I have a DITA to PDF plugin I did not create; it came with my job. The custom footer displays in the PDF output on all pages except the first chapter. Only a page number in generic format is displayed on the right side of footer in the first chapter. How do I determine why the custom footer is not displaying on first chapter pages?

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Jarno Elovirta

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Nov 18, 2016, 3:52:28 AM11/18/16

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Some background about PDF2 in DITA-OT:

* each chapter will get a separate sequence of pages (XSL fo:page-sequence)

* different "page templates" (XSL fo:page-master) can be used for the first, odd, even, and last page.

* different page templates can have different headers and footers (XSL fo:static-content)

My guess is that in your case, the first page in chapter page sequence deliberately omits footer. At code level of your customization, you can either

* use normal page template for first page, not a separate first page template. This way it will then get the same header/footer as other pages.

* add footer to your first page, the same footer that normal pages have.

Without seeing your plugin code, it's difficult to know actually _how_ those footers are configured/generated.

Jarno

On 18 November 2016 at 04:32, 'Ron Wheeler' via DITA-OT Users <dita-o...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Is this a DITA-OT plug-in that was customized?
If so, have you looked at the customization to see if footers or chapter 1 is mentioned.

Ron

On 17/11/2016 1:42 PM, margaret.boos via DITA-OT Users wrote:

I have a DITA to PDF plugin I did not create; it came with my job. The custom footer displays in the PDF output on all pages except the first chapter. Only a page number in generic format is displayed on the right side of footer in the first chapter. How do I determine why the custom footer is not displaying on first chapter pages?

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