Supported Formatting Features for Printed Formats
The table and the list below show supported and unsupported HTML tags for printed formats. There are some specifics because of the differences between printed formats of documentation and online documentation as they render in a different way.
Supported HTML Tags and their Attributes
| Tag | Attribute(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| a | dir |
|
| b | dir |
|
| base |
|
|
| basefont |
size
color
face
dir |
|
| blockquote | dir |
|
| br | dir |
|
| center | dir |
|
| code | dir |
|
del | citedatetime | |
| div |
page-break-before page-break-after page-break-inside background-color border (CSS) dir |
Only the always property value is supported for the page-break-before tag. |
| em | dir |
|
| font |
size color face dir |
|
| h1-h6 |
align dir |
|
| head |
|
|
| html |
|
|
| hr |
align color noshade size width |
|
| i | dir |
|
| img |
align src height width |
If the align attribute is not specified, the image is considered as inline. |
| li |
type value dir |
|
| link |
href type media dir |
|
| meta |
|
|
| ol |
type value align dir |
|
| p |
align dir |
|
| script |
|
Text inside this tag is ignored.
|
| small |
|
|
| span |
|
|
| strike | dir |
|
| strong | dir |
|
| style |
|
|
| sub | dir |
|
| table |
align bgcolor border bordercolor cellpadding cellspacing dir width |
The dir attribute reorders table columns and applies the table indent (specified by the Indent property) to the right side of the table.
|
| td |
align bgcolor bordercolor colspan height nowrap rowspan text-align valign width |
|
| th | any attribute allowed |
|
| tr |
align bgcolor bordercolor height text-align valign |
The align attribute is supported in the Internet Explorer only. |
| title |
|
Text inside this tag is ignored.
|
| u | dir |
|
| ul | dir |
|
Unsupported HTML Tags
- <base> tag with href attribute;
- <div> tag with border, align and float CSS attribute;
- <li> tag with list-style-image CSS attribute;
- <margin> tag;
- <tab> tag;
- <table> tag with cols attribute;
- <td> tag with bordercolor and nowrap attributes;
- !important declaration;
- word-wrap and break-word css properties;
- css3 shapes;
- <ui> tag with type attribute;
- box-shadow attribute;
- border-radius attribute;
- max-width attribute for icons in the topics content;
- max-height attribute for icons in the topics content;
- vertical-align attribute for pictures.
To learn more, refer to these topics: