Supported Formatting Features for Printed Formats
The table and the list below show supported and unsupported HTML tags for PDF, MS Word and RTF 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: