High Speed and Unlimited Formatting
Formatter is the fastest XML/HTML to PDF formatting software available. Formatter can format documents of virtually any size whether it is a publication, tens of thousands of invoices, reports or personalized one to one documents.

XSL Compliance
Supports XSL 1.1 which is a XSL-FO specification. Formatter reliably implements elements of the XSL specification and properties, and goes beyond with our own extensions. Check out our Mastering Antenna House XSL Formatter Extensions.

CSS Compliance
Supports CSS2.1 and CSS3. Page models of CSS3 is also supported, now that high-quality page formatting will be available. Check out our Introduction Guide to CSS for Print Media.

PDF Output
Formatter core product supports the output for PDF 1.3-1.7, 2.0., PDF/X, PDF/A and PDF/UA.

PDF/X is a specification that places much value on exchanging date and defined by ISO for printing purpose. PDF/A is a format for long-term preservation of an electronic document and it is also defined by ISO. PDF/UA is a specification that improves the accessibility of PDF.

More Outputs
Formatter has additional outputs that are available to purchase as add-ons. These include SVG Output, PostScript Output, and XPS Output.

Microsoft Word is the newest output for XSL Formatter (Word output from CSS is not supported). It allows users to produce MS Word documents from XML. This add-on is free and comes with no support.

Inputs
Add SVG, CGM, MathML, and barcodes to your PDFs. Embed multimedia objects such as videos or add existing PDF pages into your published document.

The CGM Option and Barcode Generator Option are available to purchase as add-ons features.

Native Graphic Renderings
With Formatter, SVG, MathML, EMF, WMF and CGM image are rendered into PDF as vectors thus retaining the quality of output images.

The CGM Option is available to purchase as an add-on for rendering CGM as a vector graphic.

MathML 3.0
Produce high quality math equations for math, science, and technology publications with XML. MathML is supported by the standard version of Formatter which allows users to draw Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) 3.0 2nd Edition defined by W3C by utilizing Antenna House's custom-developed engine.

MathML is not supported in the Lite version, but can be added with the MathML Option.

Internationalization
Formatter supports almost any language which is supported by Unicode and also supports surrogate pairs. See all supported languages.

It also supports vertical writing styles, bidirectional text, multilingual documents with language mixtures, white space adjustment before and after punctuation, defining custom counter style, and includes hyphenation for over 40 languages.

The Japanese Layout Task Force (JLTF) has developed a document about the requirements for Japanese layout formatted by CSS and XSL-FO. One of the objectives of Formatter is to satisfy the requirements in the future.

Flexible Floats
Our advanced float features allows you to place content in arbitrary sections on a page or in multi-column layouts.

Table Auto Layout
Formatter supports table-layout=”auto” for XSL-FO and CSS , which is not supported by other formatting software. This function arranges the table layout suitably without specifying the width of a cell. It's suitable for almost all tables that do not require the strict value of the width, and is very convenient. When the formatting speed poses a problem, please specify table-layout=”fixed” instead and specify fixed width in all cells.

Integration
Command-line, .NET, COM, Java, and C++/C are supported APIs.

These APIs make for easy system integration of Formatter as the PDF publishing engine for web applications, content management systems, and other software products. The .NET and COM interfaces are available for Windows only.

Accessibility
Formatter can generate PDF/UA and tagged PDF documents which meets the accessibility requirements and complies with Section 508.

PANTONE^® Color Support
Automatically convert more than 1000 PANTONE® Colors into RGB or CMYK values. PANTONE® colors can be specified for separation color (spot color) simply by putting only the name of the PANTONE® colors in XSL-FO or CSS.

The Pantone Option is available to purchase as an add-on feature.

High Quality Print
In Windows version, it's possible to output the formatted result directly to the printer without passing through PDF. It's also possible to get the formatted result and print it immediately by using the Formatter GUI.

Passes Acid2
Formatter has passed the Acid2 test published by “The Web Standards Project (WaSP)” that measures the conforming level to CSS.

Operating Systems

  Windows

Windows 10 (32-bit/64-bit version) , Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022 
  Windows x86 version can be installed on Windows (64-bit version)
We do not guarantee operation on operating systems for which mainstream support has expired.
See notes for each interface: 

• .NET Interface : Specify /platform:x86. 
• COM Interface : Use WSH (C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe) 32-bit.
• Java Interface : Use JDK 32-bit version.
• C/C++ Interface : Compile to be run on Win32 platform.

The printing function depends on Windows-based printer drivers.
The run time library of Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 is required. This run time library is installed when you have the product installed on your system. 

  Linux 64bit

Built by GCC4.8. (required libstdc++.so.6 runtime library or a binary compatible library)
  Amazon Linux 2 AWS Graviton2New
Supported by Amazon Linux 2 (AWS Graviton2) and built by GCC7.3. (required libstdc++.so.6 runtime library or a binary compatible library) (Formatter V7.2 or later)

  Mac

macOS Monterey 12 (Apple M1 version) (Formatter v7.4 or later)New
macOS Monterey 12 (Intel version) (Formatter V7.4 or later)
When changing the directory of the modules from the installation status, see note.
Use case-insensitive OSX Extended format.
Check that you have the correct Environment Variables and Installed Modules.

Fonts

Supported Fonts
Fonts are not included in the Windows version
Core 14 Fonts supplied with non-Windows version have the metrics information file only. They do not have the file of the outline information. If you want to embed these fonts to PDF or PS files, you may do so. You can download the fonts from PDF core font information.

In virtual environments such as VMware, Hyper-V, etc., there is no functional restriction when the same operation is guaranteed as the actual running environment.

Web Interface for Formatter
Web Interface for Formatter is a software package that allows users to remotely access Formatter to format and generate PDFs with a Java command-line program when it is running on a server. Web Interface V6.0 for Formatter now supports Linux.

Web Interface for Formatter features:

• Simplified client access to Formatter Server License via the internet
• Includes a server program, client program, and folder monitoring service
• Designed in Java, server and client programs communicate over TCP sockets using a custom protocol
• Greatly reduced development time and simplified support
• Allows for cross-platform communication such as Windows client to Linux server connection and vice versa

I18N Index Library
Antenna House I18N Index Library is a Java library that makes index pages in the various languages used by DocBook, DITA to XSL-FO stylesheet.

What can I18n Index Library do?
I18n Index Library accepts indexterm data from XSLT stylesheet and sorts them according to the document language. The sorted results are converted into appropriate XSL-FO format by stylesheet.

PDFXML Conversion Library

Unlock the Power of XML
Antenna House PDFXML Conversion Library allows you to convert PDF to XML and unlock the content from your legacy PDFs. If you want to reuse content from old PDFs, you no longer need to retype or go through the trouble of reconstructing your documents’ content from the PDF binary format.

Antenna House PDFXML is designed for those organizations that need to convert large volumes of PDFs into XML, HTML5, XSL-FO, DocBook, or any other file formats. The Antenna House PDFXML Conversion Library extracts text, tables and images from PDFs and convert them to an XML format which we call “AHPDFXML”. The data can then be transformed to any desired output by applying XSLT stylesheets. Benefits and uses for XML include:

• Content Re-usability
• Improved Search-ability
• Good for Accessibility
• Promotes Interoperability and Data Integration
• Platform Independent
• Vendor Independent

New Enhancements

• EMF has been added as an output option for image files
• The process for judging vertical pages from vertical writing symbols has been added when CID fonts with a mixture of vertical and horizontal writing are used.
• The process of judging the number of horizontal writing existing on the vertical writing page as the page number has been improved.
• The analysis of merged cells both vertically and horizontally has been improved.

To ensure the product meets user requirements, we encourage all potential customers to first try a free trial of the software by contacting us.

AH Regression Testing System
Automated – Fast – Accurate PDF to PDF & Image to Image Visual Compare

What Is The Antenna House Regression Testing System?
The Antenna House platform will handle every request to compare a PDF file with a single mind, noting every difference. The process is the same whether you’re reviewing a single file or directories with thousands of documents. By comparing every PDF pixel-by-pixel, you’ll get a complete list of changes that walks you through every difference as well as lets you know which documents are fine.

Your pixel-by-pixel comparison of PDF files will not only run without interruption, but you’ll also catch 100% of differences when you run PDF document comparison.