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    <h1 class="title topictitle1">Configuring the DITA Open Toolkit</h1>

    <p class="shortdesc">The DITA OT uses <span class="ph filepath">.properties</span> files that store configuration
        settings for the DITA OT and its plug-ins. The configuration properties are available to
        both Ant and Java processes, but unlike argument properties, they cannot be set at run
        time.</p>

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