Designing stylesheets in StyleVision is a highly flexible, visual drag-and-drop process. You simply select components from your data source(s), drag them onto the design pane, and specify their presentation and layout properties using the user-friendly entry helper windows. Alternatively, you can layout your design in its entirety and then add content later - in the same manner that you would approach common desktop publishing applications. StyleVision stylesheet designs can be based on one or multiple XML, DTD, XBRL, and database source(s). This means your design can integrate data from multiple XML sources, or even combine data from an XML Schema and a relational database. In fact, you can even create designs to publish XML documents stored inside relational database columns (currently supported for IBM DB2 and SQL Server only). Each design simultaneously produces standards-conformant XSLT 1.0/2.0 and XSL:FO stylesheets, the corresponding output in HTML, RTF, PDF, Word 2007+, and an Authentic e-Form. This makes StyleVision the ultimate tool for single source, multi-channel publishing of XML, XBRL, and database data. StyleVision is a very flexible tool, which allows it to support different industry standard DTDs and schemas with ease. Here is an example of HTML and CALS tables in a DocBook document:

This is a sample HTML table

Sample		data
is spread	over
		the	whole table

Sample data is spread over the whole table The StyleVision user interface includes six synchronized tabs that allow you to save and view the stylesheets and output generated from your design directly in the design window. Each tab allows you to toggle between viewing the stylesheet and its associated output. Tabs include: Design tab for viewing your design. Clicking the tab toggles to the JavaScript editor, where you define JavaScript functions for your design. Authentic tab for viewing the Authentic electronic form generated by your design. Preview HTML tab for viewing HTML output. Clicking the tab toggles to the standards-conformant XSLT 1.0/2.0 stylesheet that generates HTML output. Preview RTF tab for viewing RTF output. Clicking the tab toggles to the standards-conformant XSLT 1.0/2.0 stylesheet that generates RTF output. Preview PDF tab for viewing HTML output. Clicking the tab toggles to the standards-conformant XSLT 1.0/2.0 stylesheet that generates HTML output. Preview Word 2007 tab for viewing OOXML output. Clicking the tab toggles to the standards-conformant XSLT 1.0/2.0 stylesheet that generates Microsoft® Word 2007+ output. Electronic forms provide large and small businesses with a highly efficient alternative to paper-based systems, promoting the automation of business processes and streamlining data collection. StyleVision offers advanced functionality for creating electronic forms based on the same design paradigm used in many desktop publishing applications. An alternative approach to traditional StyleVision stylesheet design, this lets you design your electronic form first using absolute positioning, fixed lines, etc., and concentrate on adding dynamic and/or user-defined content after. You can even upload a blueprint image to serve as a guide in the design process. Once your design is complete, you can easily distribute the electronic forms to any number of users for manual completion in Altova Authentic® 2010. For more information on how StyleVision works with Authentic, see the Report Builder page. To create an electronic form in StyleVision, you begin with a new (empty) form-based document. This lets you format your document based on absolute coordinates and provides you with direct control over the precise layout of your electronic form. StyleVision will prompt you to upload an optional blueprint image, which can be useful if you are basing your form on an existing design. electronic forms design.