Version 5.6.0
Manual
The speedata Publisher creates high-quality PDF documents from XML data — product catalogs, price lists, data sheets and much more. This manual guides you from first steps to advanced topics and serves as a reference at the same time.
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Getting Started
Introduction
What the speedata Publisher is and what it can do
Hello, world!
Create your first document step by step
Getting Started
Installation, command line, configuration
Core Topics
Basics
Data structure, programming, grid, page types
Text
Text formatting, fonts, hyphenation
Images & Graphics
Including images, rotation, wrapping, MetaPost
Tables
Creating tables with the HTML-like table model
Colors
Defining and using colors
Layout & Directories
XPath, Web Formats & Integration
XPath & Functions
XPath expressions, layout and standard functions
Web Formats
HTML, CSS and Markdown in the Publisher
Integration
Lua filters, server mode, SaaS API, accessibility