Feature list

General

Cross media publishing for every XML data
Create forms, invoices, product sheets, catalogs, prices lists, ...
Design templates for database publishing, print-on-demand and batch publishing
No XSL-FO or XML-programming skills necessary
Generate (PDF) output with an WYSIWYG editor
Different layout elements available: Text, Number, Image, Table, List, Date/Time, Hyperlink, Barcode, Square, Lines, Index, XSLcode
XPath and XSL support for advanced users

Clearly structured user interface
Simple and intuitive to use
Working sheet with WYSIWYG
Comfortable use with drag and drop
Inspector window (categorized and alphabet)
Unlimited undo options
Items dragged over the sheet can be set to semi-transparent so the background can still be seen
User defined default values for all components
Layer support. Organisation of different layers. Single layer can be set to visible/invisible
Elements can be locked at the working sheet
Resizable grid making designer's work easier
Simple alignment of frames, e.g. all same left position via mouse click
Different measure support allows precise handling of points, millimeters, inches, centimeters

Registration of available fonts on the current system with the renderer. Potentially incompatible fonts are displayed and can be excluded via a text file
Support for automatically font metrics generation. (Needed for renderer process.)
Word like layout editor (WYSIWYG)
Logical styles can be used, e.g. header1, header2 or standard text
Fonts are embedded in the generate PDF document (renderer and font dependent)
Different fonts can be used in one text element

Different layout elements available: Text, Number, Image, Table, List, Date/Time, Hyperlink, Barcode, Square, Lines, Index, XSLcode
Basic information on every element on mouse over
Indicators on the element for type, placement, assignment to regions, possible conflicts of placement, visibility and others can be switched on/off
Element properties support: filters, alternate color, sort modes, precision management and more
Conversion between text elements and date, currency and other element types possible
Grouping at page and table elements allow looping over matching XML nodes. E.g. all products within a product group or all persons within a company
Filtering the XML data is possible by normal and virtual methods

Different text styles in one text element; paragraph and character settings, including fonts, font styles, colors, alignments and other
Advanced number formatting including predefined formats
Text Flow provides the ability to combine XPath expressions and static text within one element
Default directories for root and images can be specified
Background images for tables, table rows and table cells
Table header and footer can be omitted at page break
Ability to place many objects inside one table cell
Easy list creation
List element with different enumeration types
Barcodes can be created via fonts or SVG graphics
Specification of item names, also selection of elements from a list box with all currently existing elements

XSLfast supports XPath and allows complex expressions. This gives the designer the ability to control the output as exact and precise as necessary
Regulated generation for every element (possibility to use conditions)
Advanced support for custom variables and imports
Multiple external template files can be used
Support of external templates
Import of XSL files possible
Page grouping with no specific root node
XSL templates can be imported as layouts
Java namespaces and different unit of measures are available in XSL/XSL-FO files natively
Password protection of layout files
Find/Replace within elements, XPath expression, etc. has been added
A wizard for element conditions (XPath) is now available

New Elements: Date, Number format, Hyperlink, Barcode
Conversion between text elements and new element types possible
Possibility to insert any symbol (mathematical, etc.)
User defined default values for all components
Logical stylesheets (like MS Word)
Component locking is now supported
Page break on every element level available (simple usage via checkbox)
Page grouping with no specific root node are now supported
Different file encodings are supported
Major usability improvements (filters, alternate color, sort modes, precision management and more)
Regulated generation for every element (possibility to use conditions)
New multilayout technique has been added; no limitation to book shape
Combine multiple pages from several independent layouts with a new way to implement mulitlayouts
Ability to import/export pages from multilayout has been added
Multiple external template files can be used
The user interface for external template support has been completely redesigned and improved
Java namespaces and different unit of measures are available in XSL/XSL-FO files natively
Find/Replace within elements, XPath expression, etc. has been added
Advanced support for custom variables and imports added
A wizard for element conditions (XPath) is now available
Password protection for XSLfast layout files
And more ...