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## Settings

Settings are special configurations placed at the source document's Config Area that can affect the conversion process. Their syntax is:

    %! keyword : value

List of valid keywords:

Keyword | Description
--- | ---
Target | Set the default target to the document be converted to.
Options | Set the default options to be used on the conversion. The format is the same as the command line options.
Style | Set the document style. Used to define a CSS file for HTML/XHTML and to load a package in LaTeX.
Encoding | Set the document Character Set. Used if the document contains accented letters or other not-ASCII characters.
PreProc | Input filter. Sets "find and replace" rules to be applied on the Body Area of the source document.
PostProc | Output filter. Sets "find and replace" rules to be applied on the converted document.

Example:

    %!target  : html
    %!options : --toc --toc-level 3
    %!style   : fancy.css
    %!encoding: UTF-8
    %!preproc : "AMJ"        "Aurelio Marinho Jargas"
    %!postproc: '<BODY.*?>'  '<BODY bgcolor="yellow">'

Note that the spacing and capitalization of the keyword are ignored. So you can also do `%!Target:html` and `%! TARGET :html` .

Learn more about settings in Part VII - Mastering Settings.

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