NPS eXtyles User Guide
The Front Tab
- Jenny Seifert (Unlicensed)
Following examples show how to use the styles on the Front tab of the style palette, and the BITS XML that is produced for each style.
Foreword and Preface
If a document includes a foreword or preface the following styles should be used.
<foreword>
<book-part-meta>
<title-group><title>Foreword</title></title-group>
</book-part-meta>
<named-book-part-body>
<p>This is some foreword text.</p>
<sec>
<sig-block><sig>Sara T. Author</sig></sig-block>
</sec>
</named-book-part-body>
</foreword>Note that a signature (foreword author) is not required.
<preface>
<book-part-meta>
<title-group><title>Preface</title></title-group>
</book-part-meta>
<named-book-part-body>
<p>This is some preface text.</p>
</named-book-part-body>
</preface>Acknowledgments
Any front-matter acknowledgments should be styled in the following way.
<ack>
<title>Acknowledgments</title>
<p>As with other projects that are very broad in scope, there are many people who have assisted in the compilation of information and testing of the protocol. Others assisted in providing support to the theme of the project and in sharing their experiences. Their contributions have been very helpful in bringing forth this document.
...</p>
</ack> Abstracts and Executive Summaries
Both Abstracts and Executive Summaries should be styled in the following way.
Definitions Lists: Abbreviations, Glossaries, etc.
Any section that includes terms and definitions should be styled using the Definitions styles on the palette. This includes list of abbreviations, glossaries, or any other list of acronyms/terms that include a definition or description.
Note that the BITS Export will automatically parse the term from the definition. To do this the following strong separators should be used in the Word document to separate the term from the definition: colons (as in this example) or tabs.
If the definition list includes discursive text use the Definitions Body Text style.
Other Front Matter Sections
Any other front-matter section of the document that does not have a specific title paragraph style (e.g., Foreword) should use the Front Matter heading and text styles on the Front tab.
Note that in these front matter sections it is important to use the Front Matter Text paragraph style. eXtyles Cleanup will not autostyle front matter text so this style will need to be manually applied.
Within the front matter sections you must also use the Front Matter heading styles for any subheadings that may be present.
Other styles from the Body tab may be used to style any lists or other text elements that may appear in the front matter section.
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