Notes on Creating Stylesheets

Stylesheets define a range of formatting parameters that control the appearance and layout of a document report. You create them to provide an alternative set of styles to the Normal.rtf file and to any special styles redefined within a document report template. A user can choose to apply a Stylesheet to any kind of document report they are generating, in which case the styles in the Stylesheet override the styles with matching names in the template or Normal.rtf. You can, therefore, create a Stylesheet that:

Each custom Stylesheet can define a totally different page layout and document styles to other Stylesheets and to the Normal.rtf Styleheet.

The simplest way to create a new Stylesheet is to copy one of the system-provided files (for print output or for online output) or another custom Stylesheet, and edit the style definitions in the copy. However, you can create a Stylesheet from scratch if you wish; this would be initially derived from the Normal.rtf file.

Access     Project | Resources > Document Generation > User Templates | right-click on Style Sheets | Create Document Template
Project | Resources > Document Generation > System Templates > Style Sheets | right-click on <stylesheet name> | Copy Document Template
Tools | Document Template Designer |
 
You can also create Stylesheets within the Templates tab of the Generate Documentation dialog

In each of these cases, you create the new Stylesheet file through the New Document Template dialog, and edit the styles in the Document Template Designer  using the Styles, Special Text and Table of Contents facilities.

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