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May 31.2006

Hi,

I am using the above code to indent text at the beginning of every paragraph:
<P class=MsoBodyText style=”TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%”>

This works fine, but I would like to know how I could indent a separate line that could be placed anywhere on the page, not just at the beginning of a paragraph?

Cheers,
Jim

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@the_treeMay 31.2006 — Interesting question. This springs to mind:&lt;span style="margin-left: 3em;"&gt;[text]&lt;/span&gt;But as you don't know what's going on, on your visitors end, you wont know where the line break is going to come.

I have the feeling that you should consider why it is you want to do this, that often helps you arrive at the awnser.
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@myownslaveauthorMay 31.2006 — I see what you're saying about the line break alright, but that sai, the code you have given me might serve the purpose anyway.

Seeing as line breaks might be an issue, is there not a way of coding the <P> tag so that the whole paragraph is indented automatically? Or would an indented frame/CSS be the only option?
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@the_treeMay 31.2006 — is there not a way of coding the <P> tag so that the whole paragraph is indented automatically?[/QUOTE]The whole paragraph? I suppose this'd do:&lt;p style="padding-left: 2em;"&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;But it's often better to be changing the containing element.
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@toicontienMay 31.2006 — In an external or embedded style sheet:
<i>
</i>.indent {
text-indent: 36pt;
}

Then anywhere in your HTML document:
[code=html]
<p class="indent">
<h1 class="indent">
<div class="indent">
<blockquote class="indent">
[/code]
It can only be used on block level elements. Not SPAN, STRONG, EM, B, I, or A.
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